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February 10, 2020 at 8:58 pm #1485163

blinky465

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Monday continues to get better…. before leaving for work, I threw a couple of Artisan Guild models at the resin printer (including a honking great ogre). I usually like to spend an hour or so getting everything *just so* before pulling the trigger, but I was running late for getting to the train on time, so just loaded up the usb stick and hit GO!

I was fully expecting it to fail: it was really cold in the workshop (I usually pre-heat it before printing and leaving the heater on a timer, to maintain a nice ambient temperature) the resin was like treacle and I hadn’t heard the slurping “sound of success” from the first couple of layers (on a good print, you can hear the resin being popped off the FEP film which is an indicator all is well).

I got home this evening and found half a dozen minis, hanging upside like something out of Lost Boys. All beautifully printed, all with exceptional details (it turns out I’ve found my exposure time for Elegoo ABS-like resin) and they’re cooking under the UV nail lamp right now.

I got brownie points for printing some jewellery stuff for my wife’s friend (I forgot I’d done it a while back) after they went for coffee and a catch up this afternoon: yep, coffee – none of your funny cakes guys, actual coffee 😉 so I have a few hours painting time to myself this evening.

Today has been a Good Monday (TM). Capital G, capital M.

You should ask more often 😉