Practical 3D Printing: Step 3: Printing - Resin
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Step 3: Printing - Resin
02.12
| 00:00 | In the previous module, we looked at slicing our struck tower mount parts for SLA printing prototypes. |
| 00:05 | In this module, we'll cover printing them, which if we've done everything correctly up until this point is a relatively autonomous and hands-off process. |
| 00:14 | We're going to use a standard resin to keep things easy and simple as the parts don't need any specific properties, they're just for fitment checks. |
| 00:22 | Wearing our PPE we can ensure the printer is clean and pour our resin into the vat, ready to start our print. |
| 00:29 | This can be done from the printer or remotely via the Chitoo Manager app, in the case of our Elegoo Satin 4 Ultra. |
| 00:36 | Again, if we've done all the preparation right this process will run smoothly and in about an hour and 50 minutes it'll be complete. |
| 00:44 | With the parts printed we can remove them from the build plate and break off the supports. |
| 00:49 | Then we'll clean off the bulk of the resin in our dirty bucket of isopropyl alcohol before transferring them to the vat. |
| 00:55 | After removing them and drip drying we can use some compressed air to ensure the rest of the IPA is blown or evaporated off, before post-curing them for 5 minutes. |
| 01:09 | There's no need for any sanding or other finishing touches so we're ready to test fit our prototypes. |
| 01:15 | This is just a matter of removing the nuts from the strut tops with the car on the ground and lightly fixing them in place. |
| 01:21 | We can then use some masking tape between the mounts to check that the carbon tube will clear all the components and the underside of the hood. |
| 01:29 | In this case we don't want to cut the relatively expensive carbon tube to length until we have the real parts and can measure an accurate length between them. |
| 01:38 | Of course, we also want to make sure that we're happy with how it all looks and note any changes we might want to make before spending time and money producing the final parts. |
| 01:47 | Given we're happy with our checks let's move towards the real thing. |
| 01:51 | This module has been fairly straightforward. |
| 01:53 | We started by preparing the printer with a bit of resin in the vat and then initiating our print. |
| 01:58 | After printing we removed the part from the build plate, broke off the supports, washed and post cured. |
| 02:03 | Then we used the prototypes as intended to check fitment in the engine bay giving us the confidence needed to spend some money on producing the real parts. |
