Hello,
I’ve just been given the Halot Mage for my birthday last week. I carefully watched several setup and test videos, including the one from 3D Printing Canada, and I thought I’d be able to manage, but I’m afraid that none of the prints I’ve run, either with the test file on the USB key or a file I’ve sliced, do anything other than stick to the FEP.
I’m using Elegoo 8K space grey standard resin in a room at around 24°c, ordered last week too and with an expiry date of 2024. I’m using it with recommanded setting of 35 for bottom exposure, 4 for normal exposure, and 0,05mm for layer heights. I tested both the default settings in Chitubox with the Halot Mage profile and the default settings in Halotbox with the same profile.
Here’s what I’ve done so far:
- Repeat the leveling over and over again. I’m confident that I’ve reached a setting where all 4 corners of my platter are correctly adjusted, I can pull the paper to the same resistance on each side and all screws are perfectly secure.
- Apply a light coat of PTFE dry lubricant to the FEP and allow to dry completely before use.
- Increase the exposure time of the bottom layers.
- Try both small ready-to-use files or larger files prepared with Chitubox and Halotbox in .stl or .cxdlpv4 format.
What am I doing wrong ? I’m running out of ideas for successful printing, it looks so easy in videos. Do you have any tips for me ? Thanks a lot !
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I just purchased the same printer, I am also having the same problem. I have leveled the table, used default and recommended settings, and all I get is a little piece of an item lightly stuck to fep film. I tried Lychee slicer as well as Chitubox and Halotbox. I did notice the test light does make the full square, but its not that bright. Maybe they are defective. About the trash the whole thing a get a new filament printer. Thinking about the Bamboo Labs.
I’ve had mine for a week having the same issues. There is little to no support for this printer.
Hi all.
I don’t know if it makes any difference if I add my moam on top of the others, but I got the absolute same issues.
I have it for 2 days and the first thing is I got a message “cannot read from the disk or stick” or something like that’s many times.
Then after a few tries it continues the print, but when the print starts to be visible under the plate, I see some missing parts.
In honesty, I am trying to print my own custom model, didn’t try to print their files from the stick cause from what I saw ok the web, it takes 10 hours and it’s huge.
I have no idea why they didn’t include a normal calibration/test cube of much smaller size.
Anyway, I’ll try a few things and I’ll get back here if I have any hwlpful info.
Hey All,
I have had a Mage Pro 8K for a couple months and at first had done a handful of successful prints on it, all of a sudden nothing is adhering to the plate. I’ve leveled, check the temperatures, and the light comes on during cleaning process but doesn’t seem to cure any resin left in the vat.
If I bring the machine into the shop, is it something they could help me sort through?
Unfortunately if it is brought into the shop it will need to be handled through technical services which is billable time.
What specific brand and type of resin are you using? And what settings are you using for printing?
I am using Jang He resin. The Berserker model sticks to the build tray however nothing else does.
Check the other thread I have listed the changes there!
