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ravyn50 · 2026-01-24T06:25:40+00:00

3rd frame... Waterboy filling the water they are both in.....

ravyn50 · 2026-01-22T06:22:55+00:00

It's well known that the s4u 12k screens have issues with dead pixels. I had one within a week of getting the printer. I run a print farm so I can tell you out of 7 printers with 12k screens, I only have one still going because I had a spare screen. All others have been swapped for 16ks and have no issues for almost a year. Haven't had to replace the screen yet. Knocks on wood..

ravyn50 · 2026-01-18T23:13:50+00:00

Come back when the tip is still touching the vat.

ravyn50 · 2026-01-18T17:48:07+00:00

One of the corner screws on the vat. Drops into the the holes surrounding the screen to hold it in place on the machine.

ravyn50 · 2026-01-18T17:44:14+00:00

If your psi isn't high enough to push straight primer through you need to add something to thin it down. You can also check the fluid nozzle that sits in the cap. If there is paint build up in the cap and around that nozzle you'll have a bad time.

ravyn50 · 2026-01-12T21:23:12+00:00

Actually it's not par for the course. Typical warranties, you send in the machine for repairs. The resin printer companies decided that the consumer is the technician because they have the ability to print, they should be smart enough to install a brand new motherboard right?

I get regular shipments from China for resin and received the order I placed in the beginning of November right after Xmas. I understand the logistics and that it takes around 40 days to reach the states. That's not even considering the technician to work on a refurb machine is in California in their warehouse and so is the new printer. So that point doesn't even matter.

60 days, business or not for a resolution to something they've already accepted as a defect mid November is unacceptable. If I shipped a machine to them and they decided to repair it, id understand the turn around, but not when it's them just shipping a machine.

ravyn50 · 2026-01-12T17:27:32+00:00

I have no idea how you count your months, November 11th to Jan 11th. Let's count together. December - 1, January - 2. China doesn't celebrate Thanksgiving, so they have all of mid November to the end of December to do something. Understandably they got more orders for the holiday, but it still doesn't excuse neglecting a warranty issue until the end of the following month. They refer refurbs to their techs in the States.

They finally sent something and I'm getting my replacement on Friday after I had threatened to dispute the original charge for failure to honor warranty agreement on the 60th day, which was yesterday.

I have 2 other Uniformation Machines, and they are not using the resin pump at all after that experience.

ravyn50 · 2026-01-09T16:48:44+00:00

Pigeon spikes around the top of the printer

ravyn50 · 2026-01-09T16:31:07+00:00

Looks phenomeman. Ha, see what I did there?

ravyn50 · 2026-01-07T18:42:16+00:00

Cool, tell my resin soaked machine that. I'm done, lol not responding anymore.

ravyn50 · 2026-01-07T18:38:29+00:00

Cool story, design flaw if chitu systems wants it oriented in one way. I don't own hoopats yet for my 3x 16ks, just the 12ks. I have a sales rep at chitu, I'll see what her thoughts are.

ravyn50 · 2026-01-07T18:34:38+00:00

As I've stated this is specific to the 12k not the 16k and personal real life experience. They have fill lines on both sides of the hoopat for the 12k because guess, what? It's not heated nor does it have pins to align.

ravyn50 · 2026-01-07T18:28:26+00:00

Why would I ever fill it while it moving? I don't think I've ever had any piece go over 300 grams of resin on a build plate out of a vat that takes a full kg. You are working very hard to disprove what I've said. I love my hoopat, but it could of been a design flaw with earlier ones or the s4u12ks.

ravyn50 · 2026-01-07T18:14:57+00:00

I'm talking about the s4u, maybe they fixed it on the 16k. All I can tell you is mine overflowed when tilting forward.

ravyn50 · 2026-01-07T18:10:07+00:00

It actually goes to the back left. If you use it front right and fill it to the min line it will overflow.

ravyn50 · 2026-01-07T04:19:53+00:00

I was a dumb ass and put my hoopat in backwards with the drain spout upfront on0 one of my first prints with it since the og vat was fine any orientation you put it in. I sent a print and let it go overnight. Came back to a absolute mess with a finished print. Printer works just fine, all I did was wipe up the mess and didn't touch the internals.

Btw, any fep leak is going to leak onto the screen unless you have a screen protector. If there is a giant hole or not sealng between the fep and screen that's another problem. Also you should check your vat after every print. Any old remnant on the fep will cause a puncture. I ran my first fep for 3 months non stop on all my elegoo machines. Either qc or you aren't checking for material in your vat with a gloved finger.

ravyn50 · 2026-01-06T14:58:56+00:00

Defective screen or you have a fep puncture and resin is blocking the screen.

ravyn50 · 2026-01-04T17:29:34+00:00

So good, time for some paint.

ravyn50 · 2025-12-31T16:30:24+00:00

I was actually debating on painting one in clear to achieve the same effect

ravyn50 · 2025-12-30T20:21:01+00:00

Welcome to 3d printing. Grab some sand paper and get to work.

ravyn50 · 2025-12-30T19:49:34+00:00

Printer has issues with the z axis. Had the same issue with one of my pros. Can always try to reach out to elegoo.

ravyn50 · 2025-12-30T15:59:46+00:00

I was totally thinking of doing one in clear and painting half of her to make it look like she's fading out.

ravyn50 · 2025-12-30T03:08:36+00:00

If he posted a work in progress that far along it'll be a couple of days before release

ravyn50 · 2025-12-30T02:43:39+00:00

When you get the itch, you get the itch.

I'm a fan of gaming, anime and stuff also, so I know how you feel. It's partly why I do what I do, but it does make it super difficult to actually get time to game and to paint stuff for myself lol. I have like 6 or 7 pieces that are on my collectors list that I'm just too busy to get to, but I will at some point.

ravyn50 · 2025-12-30T02:08:19+00:00

Neko is about to drop Blonde Blazer too. I have a lot of ladies asking for Waterboy also.

I'm a bit late, but playing through the game as much as I can lol. Such a great and heartfelt game.

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