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Argh! So there I was, super excited to hear the delivery guy beeping outside to deliver my brand new Nobel 1.0a resin 3D printer… awesome!

Nope, not so awesome…

Unboxed and set up the printer following the instructions to the letter, still super excited went ahead with my first test print. 30 minutes… not so bad… sat there waiting and watching it almost the entire time, eyes bright with excitement.

30 minutes later… ummmm… there was zip all on the platform other than globs of resin slowly dropping back into the tank and in the resin tank itself my print was kinda there, etched to the base of the damn tank!

Did as much research as I could on what I was supposed to do next and ended up emptying the tank, carefully scraping off the cured god knows what from the base of the tank, cleaned the platform with rubbing alcohol and a soft cloth and set back up to re-calibrate and try again.

Not once, not twice but three more times… each time resulting in a fail.

I have been struggling all evening trying to find even half decent troubleshooting info about what might be going on but there seems to be a black hole somewhere, surely I can’t be soooo unlucky that I’m the only one this has happened to?

Ive contacted XYZ but haven’t got a clue how long it will take before I get a reply from them and to be quite honest I’m just so desperate to play with my new toy I don’t want to wait.

Please please pretty please with a cherry on top can anyone reading this offer a helpful suggestion?

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Hi Emily,

Probably your printer built plate is not leveled properly. Please go here https://www.3dhubs.com/talk/thread/nobel-10a

and follow my instructions. That should solve the issue. If not just let me know and we will find another way to fix it.

Best,
Shahram

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Hey Shahram,

First of all, thank you for taking the time to help me out, it’s really really apreciated!

But… I’ve just finished another print following the same info you sent in the link, I used a calibration cube from thingverse and this is my result… :frowning:

I have supports but no cube.

The other thing that seemed odd was that on this occasion I moved the cube from the centre of the build platform to the front left before printing, but the print itself ended up on the front right?

Thanks again,

Emily

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Hey Sharam,

Great news… I’m officially on the successful printing list! :smiley:

I basically got fed up of not being sure what to do and decided to drain the resin tank, thoroughly clean it, along with the mirror below and the platform and then followed your calibration guide again and look… a teeny tiny gun turret for a tank!

I’m pretty excited about the whole thing after almost being in tears about not being able to print anything. That said, I’ve currently got Tinkerbell printing nicely, along with a chunk of resin sinking in the tank as it kinda fell off mid print, hey ho - live and learn, I’ll get this cracked with a little trial and error!

Thank you once again for your help - you’ve been awesome!

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Hey Emily,

Glad to hear that. Happy printing :wink:

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