r/ElegooMars

If you've ever wondered why you should make certain you securely attach the resin vat the attached picture shows you a POSITIVE result. Had the adhesion to .y build plate been weaker it would have dropped on to the LCD and splashed its full resin tank everywhere.

Let my oversight serve as your lesson learned.

Hi all,

Hopefully this question isn’t stupid but I’m absolutely devastated. I have recently gotten the Mars 5 Ultra printer and unboxed last Thursday.

I have had no issues until today. I had a print failure earlier where only the first few layers of supports printed but I didn’t notice as I left the room.

I emptied the resin tray and cleaned the stuck cured resin on the bottom of the tank. Printed again and now it’s only printed this amount (view video).

I’m actually devastated and I pray someone has a solution as I’ve been having an absolute blast using this thing over the past week.

I was hoping to get some help from people on my constant printing fail issues. I am very new to 3-D printing and just got a Mars five. It has been a few weeks now, and I have been printing to my heart’s content with no issues. As of late though the last 4 to 5 prints that I have attempted to do has failed where the supports look like the picture above where the models are not printing completely. Some models may come out complete where other ones may be half done or nothing printed other than the supports or the base. I noticed that my screen is pretty dirty and have started to try to clean the resin off of it and I just replaced the FEP screen. would anyone know the issues that I am dealing with? Is it settings, is it a bad screen? any help would be greatly appreciated!

Hi everyone, I think I may have damaged my resin 3D printer and I need some advice.

I have an Elegoo Mars 4. Basically, my FEP film got a hole in it and resin leaked underneath the vat. I know I made a mistake by being impatient and dumb: I tried to remove the resin that leaked down using a razor blade and isopropyl alcohol.

It took me a lot of work to remove almost everything, but then I noticed that I seem to have scratched or cracked a layer on top of the screen. I’m not sure what exactly it is. Is this a screen protector, part of the LCD screen, or something else?

I already know I need to replace the FEP, but I’m not sure what to do about the screen area. Can this layer be replaced? Did I damage the actual LCD, or is it likely just a replaceable protector?

Any advice would be really appreciated. I’m attaching photos so you can see what I mean.

Why does this kind of dent happen? Would be maybe the model was to long and started bending? Any tips for avoid this?

Looks like its time to switch the FEP, but also my screen is loose and Im in need of new tape. Where can I procure some…?

Elegoo Mars 2 Pro.

After a print failed with a bizzare hole in the chest I tested with another print and got the same thing again.

I already have 2 spots that seem to have dead pixels so I would assume this is the same .

But the bottom layer prints without the hole so I don't really understand how this could be just a dead spot on the screen.

I haven't taken a look at the screen yet but maybe some of you know what could have caused this

Hello

I wanted to hide my velux with extruded polystyrene 20mm thick... I did this night job

Today when I woke up I noticed a nice sunset color.

Do you think that's enough to filter UV 100%? Or should I add an extra thickness?

Don't pay attention to the bazaar; the room has just been set up

Hi, a newbie here! I got a third hand Elegoo Mars printer from a friend a week ago and this is my first time digging into how resin printers work. I'm slightly lost, even after alot of googling and yt videos.

Took the printer outta it's box today to check it out and found that the FEP film is not there for the vat.
Looking into it, all the videos I've seen have the two part frame to secure the film, but mine has just a single piece frame to screw onto the metal frame...

So would this be an older model with very outdated vat design? How am I to install a new FEP with this one? Currently the Mars and Mars 2 vat parts are not in stock in the eu store and I feel so deflated not being able to get calibrating and testing this baby out.

Could an alternative be to get a vat of a newer machine? Me having no idea if I could actually use those with this one bugs me and that info is tough to come by via search.

Help / tips with this would be so so so appreciated!

Hello team once again, I already said before that I am a beginner with Elegoo Mars 5 Ultra, who is just learning. After 7 failures and after 1 KG of Resin from Anycubic Standard was used up, this is the first print that has worked for me quite a bit. Before, my prints came out either with torn layers or with errors and problems. Now, I finally succeeded with the settings - Global Parameters set to default for my Resin, the figure turned out quite well. Now, let me fix this strange step or ring to call it just as the figurines are placed and a real circle. I don't know why it happened, so I'm wondering what the problem is? I'm also interested in how to get rid of these white spots according to the model hahahah. Do you need any more information to diagnose the problem? There is also a bulge visible under the hair.

• 2.0 Hollowing Thickness

0% Infill

So I have disconnected this cable and when I run the exposure test there is no issue outside of the build screen not working my printer outside of that works fine does anyone have an idea of whats wrong with my printer because im still fairly new to this hobby

Hello everyone, I need your advice and help. I've had more than 4 failures so far haha. My Hollowin 2D in Lychee is 2.0mm and Infill 0%. I put drainage holes, one on the top of my head, one under my chin, and 2 on my sneakers.

Hi! I need some help please
I've been printing some pieces these days and I don't understand why sometimes they come out without any problem and in others they come with these errors. In every attempt I used the same settings and it's driving me crazy because this wasn't happening before

The FEP and the LCD screen are clean, the vat have a good amount of resin and the screws are tight enough, the metal plate is clean, I shaked the resin and the slicer is Elegoo SatelLite

I tried with another model and at the first attempt it was printing the base and supports (it reached layer 60) and all of them were coming fine but it was making some suction noises that It wasn't happening before, I cancelled the print, cleaned the metal plate (the vat didn't had any print residue) and after waiting for the IPA to dry, I tried again but now some pieces didn't even printed and one of them was half printed (it's the short leg, the long leg printed fine)

What can it be?

After taking off the protective plastic under the tank I accidentally set it down on a dusty surface. Both the top and bottom of the tank's fep are cover in dust and Debris. I tried wiping off the bottom with a paper towel, but it left marks where I wiped. Is it damaged? How do I clean this? My new Mars 3 has no extra fep films

Hey everyone,

I'm having troubles with my ELEGOO MARS PRO.

I'm not sure what is wrong here. Firmware is up to date (latest version from their site), but I'm stuck on what seems like a basic calibration issue.

When I calibrate the Z-height manually (using the paper method), go back to Tools menu, hit the "Set Z=0" button and confirm... everythings seems to work, but it doesn't.

Every single time I hit the Home button after that in the calibration menu, the build plate just slams down to the bottom limit switch like nothing happened. It completely ignores the Z-offset I just set.

I followed the ELEGOO official manual, YT tutorials, rebooted the printer... nothing seems to work here. As far as I kown, the secuence goes like:

1. Tools → Manual → adjust height with paper
2. Back to Tools → Set Z=0 → Confirm
3. Hit Home button later (or start a print)
4. Platform goes ALL THE WAY DOWN
5. Hear the motors straining because it's trying to go further down than it physically can

If I'm missing something here, please tell me!