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Please help! Not printing?? - BryadenNewbie - 12-30-2021
Hi fellow Elegoo users! I bought the Saturn for my son for Christmas and we got started today. We are new to this but excited to work!
We set everything up and I believe we did everything right. It was going through the motions to print the “test rook” and the screen said 16% when we left the room. I came back about 4 hours later and for some reason it didn’t print anything?? The resin is still a liquid and now I decided to push print to try again and when the base plate reaches the “bottom” (below the resin) it makes a grinding noise. Any suggestions?
Please help.
Thank you!
Ryan
Edit - Once I cleaned it I found it printed 2 small quarter sized pieces but didn’t get any larger than quarter size.
RE: Please help! Not printing?? - cliffyk - 01-01-2022
99.44% of the time when the "print" does not adhere to the platen (base plate) it's because the finish of the platen is too smooth; "mirror-like". Try roughing it up a bit--very lightly--with 320 or 400 grit wet sandpaper (auto body type). This was a common problem with the early e Mars 2 Pro printers.
RE: Please help! Not printing?? - billtodd - 01-02-2022
(01-01-2022, 02:16 PM)cliffyk Wrote: 99.44% of the time when the "print" does not adhere to the platen (base plate) it's because the finish of the platen is too smooth; "mirror-like". Try roughing it up a bit--very lightly--with 320 or 400 grit wet sandpaper (auto body type). This was a common problem with the early e Mars 2 Pro printers.
make sure you press the platen down firmly on to the card when you level the build plate.
Clean the plate thoroughly with IPA before printing .
If the temperature of the resin/machine is low (<20'C) you will have great difficulty printing .