Has anyone had issues printing balls on Form2? I’ve been having issues with balls causing the print to drag during the peel stage. As in the printer clicks a few times when peeling.
For a while I was printing halfs of hollow balls and sticking them together. Note i was printing these ball halfs directly to the platform, no base. But this was wearing out the resin tank silicon. After a while it stopped working. So them I tried printing ball halfs with holes to relieve stress from suction force.
I’ve also tried printing solid whole balls with a base and still had trouble. When the ball got close to the center the print started dragging again in the peel process.
Any advice on printing balls is greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Hi @gpatto1, it might be helpful to post a screenshot of what you’re working on in Preform with the support structure included. That would help us understand if you need an extra vent or drain hole in your design. In the meantime, we also have a document on model orientation, which includes some tips on preventing the suction cup effect that you’re referring to.
Originally I was printing hollow ball halves. The flat side directly on the platform. It worked a couple times, then it started sticking during the peel process and damaging the silicon.
I stopped trying the hollow balls because I thought the dragging was caused by the suction cup action, I also tried hollow halfs with a hole.
I just tried printing a full solid ball. On a base. I printed this on a Brand New resin tank. It started dragging half way through. My brand new resin tank is now damaged and worn after only 1 print.
Your tank isn’t damaged, that’s just normal wear. It’s normal, and it’s convenient to reposition the parts on the platform every print in order to maximize tank usage, avoiding those areas. New LT tanks behave differently, and don’t wear out as quickly as regular tanks.
Anyway, that area is still printable, until the parts start to come with surface defects or fail to print, which won’t happen just yet as far as I can see.
The one’s I show in the 2nd set of pictures are not hollow. they are solid. I thought this would eliminate the dragging caused by the suction effect. Would I still need holes if it’s solid?
As you can see in the picture, the dragging/ sticking actually caused the layers to move.e
If you don’t want to add holes to the print just angle it about 25 degrees. That should help with the suction cup effect. Also are you moving your prints around on the build plate?
It’s a 3rd party resin. I thought if I switched to a solid ball, instead of printing halves I wouldn’t have anymore problems. But the problem has persisted. I am going to try printing with the Color kit resin.
