Dan's 3D printing
Time for a new printer
My Sparkmaker has broken again and this time I’ve had enough. Both cooling fans stopped working at the same time, which suggests to me the fault lies with the PCB. Guess what is the only part you can’t buy a replacement for from the Sparkmaker website? Actually I think the damage was done because I didn’t think to stop using the heating mat when we got into the warm weather and now I’ve overheated the PCB (which is located at the very bottom of the printer, right above the mat).
Even if a replacement PCB were available I’ve been tempted for a while to upgrade so this was the final push. I bit of browsing last night and then I settled on getting an Elegoo Mars 2 Pro. It has a slightly bigger build area but more importantly is more of a commercial product rather that an electrical hobbyist product. I’m not expected to be replacing parts myself and the interface is touch screen rather than non-existent. Cure time per layer is also about four times faster.
The printer took about 30 minutes to setup and get printing from out the box and also came with all the accessories needed for printing (although by now I already own all these anyway). If I were brand new to operating a 3D resin printer though this would be great.
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