There are several old posts here from myself and others complaining about how Elastic and Flexible prints always seemed oversized and very inaccurate. This was plaguing me on some more recent jobs and I finally decided to do some testing and am happy to share the results. For example this gasket bel…

In my very limited testing I came to the same conclusion. I usually dry out my elastic and flexible parts in my home-made curing oven at around 60°C for about 30 mins or so before turning on the UV. I then follow it up with an underwater UV cure. I haven’t been as scientific as you’ve been but I’ve …

Yeah, it’s nice to see quantitative data haha…seeing the graphs was very satisfying :sweat_smile:

I realized that my first elastic 50A resin print came out big. The part, which was 30 mm, came out with a measurement of 32 mm. In the information I read in some forums, I got information that the part should not be kept in IPA for too long, that the part grows by absorbing the IPA. But I could not …

Elastic resin oversized - finally a solution!

Support & Troubleshooting

leonhart88 July 25, 2024, 3:21pm 5

Yeah, make sure it dries for AT LEAST 24 hours. More if you need it to return to exact dimensions (or put it in a food dehydrator).

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Elastic resin oversized - finally a solution!

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