Voxelab PROXIMA 6.0 Resin 3D Printer: Good or Bad?
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- Опубліковано 30 тра 2024
- Reviewing the Voxelab Proxima 2k, one of the cheapest Resin 3D Printers with a mono LCD. 3D Printing on a BUDGET is finally possible - with great results!
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Voxelab PROXIMA 2k Resin 3D Printer:
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Elegoo Mercury X Bundle
Cure & Wash Station
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Cutting Pliers to remove supports:
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- As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
- Voxelab sent me the Proxima 2k for review, I didn't buy it myself. Thanks Voxelab!
- NOT a Sponsored Video, I was not paid: my opinion and editorial freedom.
STL Models:
Fillenium Malcon, by aaskedall
I printed the Original-satellite-dish-with-landing-gear.stl at 25% size
- www.thingiverse.com/thing:919475
Make: Rook - 2015 3D Printer Shoot Out Test Models
I printed at 50mm tall (just like the Elegoo Rooks test comes pre-sliced)
- www.thingiverse.com/thing:533652
Buste of Ian McKellen as Magneto (free), by Pascal Ackermann
- www.myminifactory.com/es/obje...
Full body Ian McKellen as Magneto 3D print model (paid):
- www.cgtrader.com/3d-print-mod...
Metal Slug SV-001 Tank, by Chris Botha (nauseum)
- www.thingiverse.com/thing:311...
Chapters:
0:00 Voxelab Proxima 2k
0:26 I hope this is good!
0:39 Same LCD quality
1:26 Unpacking
1:34 Build Plate
1:58 Cover with UV protection
2:24 VAT (resin tank)
2:55 Touchscreen
3:05 Tools
3:45 Turning it ON
3:56 Beep ON/OFF
4:17 Motor is loud
4:28 Looking inside
4:46 First Print: Deer
4:58 Washing and Curing
5:15 Awesome Prints
5:41 Speed: layers
5:57 Color VS Mono LCD
6:42 Functional Parts
6:58 Should you buy it?
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You are not crazy: I had to REUPLOAD my review of the Voxelab Proxima. This new version has a better, more engaging introduction (first minute). The rest of the video is unchanged. Thank you guys!
Just ordered one of these with a bottle of resin off Amazon. Can’t wait to try it out!
That’s great! This printer is an incredible bang for the buck 👍 In which country did you buy it? 🤔
I got the same one for around $200+ Canadian. I just started it up today. Thanks for your review.
Hope you enjoy it! 🤗
Another great video by the wonderful Geek Detour
🥰 Thank you so much, Hisham! The “wonderful Geek Detour” made me laugh 😂
Hi, really thankful for you videos, would like to see a complete leveling guide on the plate!
Thanks Samuel! Very kind 🤗 I certainly will.
I loved your reviews
Thank you Jesus! Happy new year! 🎊🎉🎈
This is a cool video, and funny, laughed a lot!
Thanks for your videos. As a complete noob, I would love to see a complete video on leveling the plate.
Thank you so much Mark! I will soon.
Nice review, i would like to see a general bed leveling tips too because at least for me some times works sometimes doesnt :s
Hello Rigo! I am so sorry to answer you so late!… I was planning to make such video right after reviewing the printer - but “life happened” and it’s been 2 months already 😬 At this point you might have mastered leveling the building plate 🤣 Anyway, I am making the video - I’ll let you know here when I publish it!
I'm looking at one of these units used on a local marketplace. What red flags should I look out for when examining the printer before agreeing to buy?
thank you this helped greatly
You're welcome! 🤗
How is the strength of the print? I'd like to get a printer to print concept tooling off and just curious how they would hold up to a bit of force
Normal Resins are quite brittle. I am buying some “engineering” resins to test. In this sense, FDM (melted plastic) 3D printing is easier and cheaper to get together parts.
reality halot one or ld 002h, anycubic photon mono or this 2k printer what should I buy guys
It’s a great printer. My only hurdle is when I use supports. For some reason the support sticks to the bed but the part is in the bath lol. Can’t figure it out. Great video by the way
Thanks! Adding supports appropriately is a skill that takes time to master… If the supports are appropriately stuck to the build plate it means you leveled correctly and your bottom exposure is adequate to make it stick to the plate. BUT if your part fell from the supports at some point, it means you needed more supports, or thicker supports, or better distribute the supports… Also, if the room where you are printing is cold, the resin might be breaking more easily. It is better when the resin is closer to 30°C than when it is closer to 20°C… if it is under 20, it is very likely to break or delaminate at some points of stress while printing. Good luck! Don’t give up. Put more supports!
@@GeekDetour thanks a bunch for the detailed reply.
where did you get the milenium falcon file? I've been looking for a good one but have yet to do so.
Hi there! On the description of the video there are links for all the STL models I used. This one is actually called “Fillenium Malcon”
I bought a voxelab next mono 2k but I have had a problem, my impression remains stuck to the FEP, I have already searched for information, they have told me that it is the exposure time but I have already done several tests but it continues to stick to the FEP
Hi Adrian! Don’t mess too much with the values of your printing profile - the default values are good enough to have successfull prints. Most likely is that the platform (the build plate) is not really leveled… so your prints are detaching from it and remaining stuck to the FEP.
It is really very important that you can put a sheet of paper between the glass and the build plate and feel uniform pressure on all corners of the plate. It the paper gets “stuck” or pivots on one corner, that is not ok.
Is there a Resin 3D Printer that you can use to print big things like you can do with a plastic filament printers?
Yes, there are much Bigger resin 3d printers, but they are not so big as the filament printers - and they are quite expensive.
Take a look at the Elegoo Jupiter (still to be available): ua-cam.com/video/Th-dg7RrBOs/v-deo.html
Also, check the Frozen Sonic Mega 8k: ua-cam.com/video/90EM3OhUU9Q/v-deo.html
"Uncle Jessy" has an excellent channel mostly focused on Resin 3D Printers.
Hi, I am very new to 3d printing but can you print marvel stuff well on this printer
Hi Larry! Yeah, it had the same resolution of the Mars 2 - it can make beautiful mini figures. I think this exact model has been discontinued. Voxelab has a 4K Proxima now that is even better!
Hey, i loved ur review, do u think this is possible to put in maybe a bedroom on the closet?
Thanks man! We live in a small apartment in Madrid - I tried printing on my small office (which is in fact part of our bedroom) and, really, you WILL smell the resin - I had to open the window, get out of the bedroom and close the door! When I need to print something with resin, I do it in the kitchen 🤷♂️ Some people told me that filters like the ones made by Elegoo, placed together close to the resin vat, lid closed, basically eliminate the smell - never tried them myself. All the resins I tried so far have a noticeable smell (some are really nasty, some are ok). But you shouldn’t print in the same room you stay or sleep.
Merry Christmas! 🎁🎄
Something that might not have been around when this review originally released is that Voxelab have been using cheaper no name motherboards which simply DO NOT WORK. If you were able to get an older version of this printer, it's beautiful and an awesome printer to work with. If you end up getting one of the versions with the new board inside, get ready for a ride.
Wow! I need to go and check this info… do you participate in a group of users? How did you see this trend? Indeed, mine works fine 🤷♂️
@@GeekDetour mine works just fine as well, but I bought it over a year ago. A friend of mine just bought one last week and the printer will not accept anything other than .Svgx files. Wouldn't be a problem, except the Proxima profile for chitubox will only export as .fdg (which my printer accepts without problem). Lychee slicer also doesn't support anything other than .fdg. when you use a custom profile on chitu and export as svgx, your object for some reason gets turned 90 degrees horizontally. After about a week of working with my friend and scouring the net we figured that updating the firmware was the solution, except the new board does not accept any firmware. Then we found out that Voxelab and Chitusystems are pointing fingers at each other saying the other should be the one to fix the firmware issues.
My friend ultimately decided to return it and get something else and that's really a shame because I love my Proxima 6. I've gotten an entire 40K army out of mine without issue. I think given a few months, this issue will get sorted out, but I've stopped recommending it to people as a first printer.
Our first clue about a new board was the bottom of the reddit post outlining steps for the unofficial V4.4 firmware update, and from there I kept finding more posts about a different board being in the new proximas. Really a shame considering the board in older Proximas is the same as crealitys resin printers.
how can u tell is it on the box before u open it ?
@@swiftdetecting not sure myself. My printer is older and without issue. My friends was the newer white version.
@@MrBramble ok so if where the LCD screen is if it is grey its fine but if it is white colour at bottom not?
Thinking to get this printer, it would be my first resin, but I’m already few years on filament 3d printing. Do you still recommend this one for some casual printing?
Hi there! Yeah! The Proxima 2k prints well, it is a great first resin 3D printer. Voxelab also has a new Proxima 4K for less than $200 USD that I think is a no brainer if you can pay a bit more.
Great video but why isn’t this printer good for jewelry? I just got one on Valentine’s Day and I’ve been wanting to learn to make jewelry so would I be able to with it or it’s a no go lol?
You can use castable resin with no problems. To make jewelry as a hobby sure it works. Professionals will seek having the most possible smooth surfaces, so they don’t need to file and polish so much to remove the “stairs” effect from the pixels - that’s why the highest resolution is always desirable.
How rigid is the final print with abs like resin? As hard and durable as pla?
“ABS Like” unfortunately is really just a marketing term… it is still quite brittle and not so hard as PLA. For real functional parts, there are specialty resins (that are considerably more expensive). People mix 10 to 20% “Siraya Tech Tenacious” resin (which is neutral color) into their favorite resins to get more tough (and a bit flexible) parts. There is a Siraya Tech Fast MECHA that feels more like actual ABS… Phrozen has an Onyx Rigid PRO410 engineering resin that I want to test - but it is around $70
Just purchased this printer, and am wonder what affordable curing options are out there?
Hi there! Look: the washing station is not REALLY necessary: you can improvise washing containers using Tupperwares/alike. BUT the Curing station that rotates and have timers I really recommend - overcuring can discolorize and/or make the piece brittle. So, having a timer that you can experiment and find the ideal times is a must for me. I looked on Amazon and there are some nice ones around $ 50 on promotion. I don’t think you can get anything decent much cheaper than that. People make DIY stations, using 405 UV lights in boxes with aluminum foil… but by the moment you put something to rotate and a timer, you get close to $50 and not so tidy.
I have a question after every print do I need to clean the resin vat out for example right after one print I want to start another do I clean the vat?
That’s an excellent question! Look: a few times I finished printing something that looked absolutely perfect and I was tempted to just clean the build plate and run for a second round without emptying the Vat to clean the FEP… BUT was glad that I decided to clean it because I found small fragments that, if left and pressed against the screen, could at least perforate the FEP film or maybe even crack the screen.
I think it is worth emptying the tank passing the resin throw a disposable painters filter funnel… check that nothing got stuck on the FEP, and pour the resin back for the next print.
@@GeekDetour thank you for your answer
My pleasure!
With the naked eye how much difference is there from 50microns to 35microns?
It depends a lot on the model: the angles/curves of the walls, the texture and sharpness of the details. Some prints I made are indeed almost identical - some you can clearly see the moiré artifacts. BUT, as you go down to 35 (Mars 3), 28 (Saturn 2) or even 22 microns (Sonic Mini 8k), the surface of the prints change, regardless of how detailed or not they are: it reflects light closer to an mold-injected part. I showed some of these details in this video: ua-cam.com/video/GDnyL0TGGWM/v-deo.html
I modded my OG anycubic with new screen and new light source, I'm at 1.3 seconds exposure :D All with chitu parts btw.
There’s a 4K version, have you seen it?
I know Voxelab launched higher resolution Proxima printers, but I didn’t test them. Right now on their websites they don’t have them anymore - not sure if they discontinued their Resins line-up (although I can see components for replacement).
What are your settings for it?
I didn't change most of the profile that came as standard on Chitubox for the Proxima... The only important thing I added was Resting Time, so, after the build plate retracts, before the UV Light turns on, I made it wait half second or even 1 second. It gives time for the resin better accommodate after being "compressed" against the FEP - before the UV Light cures that layer.
How much inches is the biggest thing you can make😊
I don’t know… for some people it will never be big enough 🤷♂️
i got the 4k verson of this a few days ago and i have not been able to do anything with it because none of my files OR slicers will work. Lychee is only letting me export it in .fdg, chitubox is a buggy mess that wont work at all, VoxelMaker dose not have this printer available . . . so i basically can ONLY print the deer and that's it. . its a giant paper weight and I'm so fucking pissed. . . do you by any change have a solution??
I've tried Reddit and 3D printing Discord, and Voxelabs support is "not available at this time" ill send another email in the morning but. . I'm really getting pissed and really soon going to be sending it back. .
NO ONE has been able to figure this problem out. .
Hi there. Everything I sliced in Chitubox - I started with small models to get used to the interface and also not waste tons of resin if I had failures.
I don’t know what to think when I read “chitubox is a buggy mess that doesn’t work at all”…
It is clear you are frustrated. But take a deep breath. Have you joined the Voxelab Facebook Users Group? People there are usually very nice and helpful - but you need to have specific problems, like: “when I use chitubox, I cannot find how to export”, or “it crashes when I do this or that”… If you say “everything is a pile of problems” people will say this hobby is simply not for you.
Is this your first resin printer? There is a learning curve. Try to separate if you have real problems (that can happen, of course) from “nothing makes sense for me” - which is my impression so far.
@@GeekDetour so, I don't know what version of chitubox I had before but I uninstalled the other one and installed a different version that's not buggy(when I ment buggy, I could not move the window at all or else the entire program would freak out. I have a video of it)
I do not have Facebook, I have been on the discord and the many reddit's
With the new chitubox it's not doing the strangeness it had before but I'm still having problems. . I can use both chitubox and Lychee export the file on both(still can't change the file type from .fdg) and have both programs uploaded to my flashdrive but once I put them in the printer, the printer says the flash is empty. . Excluding the deer that came pre installed
Yes it is my first resin, but I've been printing with a filament printer for over 2 years now so i don't understand why it's so different. .
Oh, it’s very different: the slicers, the problems, the settings, the supports technique… the printers. Everything is very different.
how did you get them to send you this printer for free??
Hi there! 👋 You need to be a professional UA-camr 😜 Alright, that can be subjective, let me break it down: After your channel has 10k or more subscribers, each video has dozens of thousands of views and you are already published interesting reviews of other products… then companies begin to reach you asking if you are interested in showing their products in your channel.
I get around 10 emails a day of brands asking if I want to show their product - all sorts of things: food, watches, glasses, cellphone cases, screen protection for the iPhone… powerbanks… the majority of it I don’t want to feature in the channel, so I decline. I just show things that are related to my hobbies and interests. Even so, producing a video like mine takes many days. It is a LOT of work.
Does it make sense?
Good or Bad? Best
It's good 😂
Subscribed for the accent. Are you Polish by chance?
Hi there! This is getting interesting: people already asked me (many times) if I was Russian or from Romania… Polish is a first! 😄 I am from Brazil 🇧🇷, but I live in Spain 🇪🇸 Welcome to the channel!
@@GeekDetour That's cool and unexpected! I see a lot of 3D printing action going on in Brazil, a country underrepresented in other things I take interest in. Weird how that works. Anyway, keep up the good work, that was a very enjoyable video!
This or the Elegoo Mars 2?
The Elegoo Mars 2 and the Voxelab Proxima 6” (this) will produce very, very similar prints (to not say indistinguishable from each other). You can save money buying the Voxelab.
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Thanks man for commenting again!