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- Tue Sep 12, 2017 5:20 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Homing Issue
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7432
Re: Homing Issue
I have had this issue intermittently for a while now, right down to the clicking. I have to unplug and re-plug the USB and all is good.
- Tue Sep 12, 2017 4:11 pm
- Forum: Casting
- Topic: Casting SolusCast
- Replies: 202
- Views: 306287
Re: Casting SolusCast
Well, the results of today's casting are in and they are not good. Class ring in sterling and another ladies band in 14KY. Did everything by the book with the exception of not having a proper cure box. Guess that makes all the difference because both castings were the worst I've ever had by far. I'l...
- Sun Sep 10, 2017 1:30 pm
- Forum: Casting
- Topic: Casting SolusCast
- Replies: 202
- Views: 306287
Re: Casting SolusCast
Small update: I reprinted the class ring again, UV cured overnight, still had resin smell and slight tackiness. Vacuum oven cured at 120F for 2 hours and no cracks, no smell, feels 100% cured! I ordered up some fresh Satincast 20 and will follow Monger's burnout schedule to a T. Had to take Friday o...
- Thu Sep 07, 2017 12:12 am
- Forum: Casting
- Topic: Casting SolusCast
- Replies: 202
- Views: 306287
Re: Casting SolusCast
I have found that heating the blue at 120 f cures well , but I do this after having cured it for 2 hours , I also was getting the cracks , but it seemed to stop when I cure right after growing and less than 150 f for the anneal another thing Iv been doing is , I use a tea maker Tupperware like cont...
- Wed Sep 06, 2017 8:49 pm
- Forum: Casting
- Topic: Casting SolusCast
- Replies: 202
- Views: 306287
Re: Casting SolusCast
Also, I know they broke, but could you cast the well cured broken part with the lettering just to see how it turns out? Yes, I will be casting this weekend and will sprue it up and add it to the oven. I am going to try to fill in the cracks with wax on the one that didn't break all the way through ...
- Wed Sep 06, 2017 8:31 pm
- Forum: Casting
- Topic: Casting SolusCast
- Replies: 202
- Views: 306287
Re: Casting SolusCast
Today's update: The rings cured overnight in my UV chamber with no cracking at all but they didn't feel fully cured. Still had some smell and tackiness. Put them in the vacuum oven for 2 hours at 200F like I do with the emerald and the good news is they feel fully cured. No tackiness, no smell and t...
- Wed Sep 06, 2017 3:39 pm
- Forum: Hardware
- Topic: MIY UV+Heat Vacuum Oven
- Replies: 5
- Views: 15362
Re: MIY UV+Heat Vacuum Oven
A new thread is probably best as the other one was getting cluttered, haha. I don't think that heat source is going to work with a glass chamber. It's an induction cooktop which only works with ferrous metals, I believe. Maybe a steel plate inside the chamber that would heat up via induction? I rese...
- Wed Sep 06, 2017 12:35 am
- Forum: Resins
- Topic: SolusCast: Cracks in heavy model
- Replies: 116
- Views: 162177
Re: SolusCast: Cracks in heavy model
rsaldivar wrote:do you have a link to the vacuum unite
Vacuum oven: http://www.ebay.com/itm/0-9-Cu-Ft-23L-480-F-250-C-Lab-Vacuum-Drying-Oven-Economy-Version-/181909095312
Vacuum pump: https://www.harborfreight.com/3-cfm-two-stage-vacuum-pump-60805.html
- Tue Sep 05, 2017 10:34 pm
- Forum: Resins
- Topic: SolusCast: Cracks in heavy model
- Replies: 116
- Views: 162177
Re: SolusCast: Cracks in heavy model
Kenny, Which type of UV chamber are you using? 2 hours of curing is what we do with our 405nm UV cure box for regular rings. Thicker rings like the one you printed may require longer curing times. I just use two of the 36W nail cure lamps with a rotating table. I will definetly cure these longer, i...
- Tue Sep 05, 2017 10:31 pm
- Forum: Resins
- Topic: SolusCast: Cracks in heavy model
- Replies: 116
- Views: 162177
Re: SolusCast: Cracks in heavy model
Would you post a picture of your curing assembly? Why would you vacuum the print, have i missed something :)? Regards I'll post a picture tomorrow as I'm home from the store for the day. I bought a vacuum oven after reading this article: https://patternedart.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/binnionsfs20...