10-30-2020, 01:21 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-30-2020, 02:44 PM by plate-of-shrimp.)
Hi folks!
I just got a Mars 2 Pro and am setting it up today. I'm going to chronicle how it goes. Having gone to ELEGOO's forums, I understand why a forum about these products would be popular and why it's important for the user base to build a knowledge base.
It would be nice that, at the end, some synopsis can be written. It may reveal universal gotchas or other useful things. Maybe other people will run into problems I do.
Signed,
Must Get Prepared When Ordering from Shenzhen Next Time
1. Attached build platform and leveled according to manual.
2. Tested screen according to manual.
3. Loaded rook object from USB drive.
Touchscreen showed 1% for about 13 minutes, and plate never descended into the goop.
4. Cancelled that, went to Chitubox 1.7, which had no preset for Mars 2 Pro, so authored one based on the manual.
5. resliced, saved that, and went back to print that.
6. Same result as 3.
7. Installed Lychee Slicer Free, set the printer to Mars 2 Pro, which _does_ exist in this app, and sliced a model from Thingiverse.
8. Printing that now. 25% in.
While waiting, realized that "ELEGOO" is "LEGO" with an "E" and "O" tacked to the ends.
I just got a Mars 2 Pro and am setting it up today. I'm going to chronicle how it goes. Having gone to ELEGOO's forums, I understand why a forum about these products would be popular and why it's important for the user base to build a knowledge base.
It would be nice that, at the end, some synopsis can be written. It may reveal universal gotchas or other useful things. Maybe other people will run into problems I do.
Signed,
Must Get Prepared When Ordering from Shenzhen Next Time
1. Attached build platform and leveled according to manual.
2. Tested screen according to manual.
3. Loaded rook object from USB drive.
Touchscreen showed 1% for about 13 minutes, and plate never descended into the goop.
4. Cancelled that, went to Chitubox 1.7, which had no preset for Mars 2 Pro, so authored one based on the manual.
5. resliced, saved that, and went back to print that.
6. Same result as 3.
7. Installed Lychee Slicer Free, set the printer to Mars 2 Pro, which _does_ exist in this app, and sliced a model from Thingiverse.
8. Printing that now. 25% in.
While waiting, realized that "ELEGOO" is "LEGO" with an "E" and "O" tacked to the ends.