Arduino MSLA Printer - FINALLY! DIY Project

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🔥Finally, this project is geting close. I have the PCBs and the parts form y Arduino MSLA printer and this time it will be a lot bigger than the prototype.
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[@paulwright8378]

Have you made part 2

[@ertugrulyucel8468]

I was really excited about this project, but what a disappointment. 3 years and only 2 videos. Go ahead and keep crying about why the channel is going bad. See you in the next video around 2027.

[@AtticElectronics]

I love this project! It's amazing that you're thinking of disassembling a TFT display. I got a lot of inspiration from this video.

[@TommyHoughton]

I can't believe another episode's out! I remember checking back every few weeks after I saw the first arduino msla video, hoping for a new part. Great video as always!

[@gvii]

You also might want to put a passive heatsink or some kind of active cooling on the LED board. I have a feeling the LEDs may have a somewhat short lifespan depending on how hard you are driving them. Of course, I could be wrong. I don't know for certain. Very neat project though.

[@andypodmore6721]

What a fantastic project. Can't wait for part 2

[@malik_chaabane]

I'm excited for the final project and the test. Keep it going 💯

[@abo1428]

Just amazing! 😮 Can‘t wait to see the next part!

[@leehewitt9559]

Wow that’s a very complex project that you’ve put a lot of work into. Looking forward to seeing the final prototype. Great work👌

[@dami4335]

Can’t wait for the next video 😍 I was waiting since the first msla video 🤪

[@peterm9696]

Awesome project and build. Looking forward to its first test print

[@robbjosh]

Been waiting a long time for this video. Looking forward to the end result.

[@Joshplv]

I've been thinking of doing the same thing! even bought some tft displays where I took one apart but never got around to test it, love to see someone else is going at it

[@chriseaton1525]

Ty for sharing the bumps you experience along the way.

[@muhammadshahzaib3813]

This is excellent project, can't wait for next video 😊

[@hc9092]

this looks really cool!

[@crckdns]

amazing project, thanks for the update!

[@bearclaw7280]

super cool my dude! also cool hand tats.

[@JonathanDeWitt1988]

I'm enjoying seeing an approach to how to make one of these printers. I'm probably going to stick with my prusa mini printer. But I still enjoy watching your approach to making a 3D printer. I enjoy the opportunity to learn more electronics. It is definitely a complex project. I like the fact you used an ESP32 (my preferred board these days versus an Arduino unless I'm rebuilding someone else's project where they used Arduino). Thank you for taking the time to create this content Andrei.

[@hawwin]

wow what a beutifull project. i love seeing those smal sla printers. keep the work up man! love your videos. greetings from the netherlands

[@dynamixsystems]

Very nice and so inspiring! 👍

[@ivovass195]

Nice project, looking forward to the conclusion

[@Roobotics]

Very good project, be careful stepper current won't make it hot enough to deform the PLA. You might also want a fan blowing across or under the LED's I see an opening in the case already, heat will degrade the LCD along with the UV, but even faster. UV might also quickly degrade the interior PLA, makes it brittle and crumbles. For keeping you project going, just solder mod wires from the incorrect input-only pins, to the output pins needed. Consider trying to switch to a mono-display or also supporting one as an option, I understand finding a common module is more practical here, but could make it a fairly competitive project as mono-displays have exposure-time advantages.

[@yt4krist0f]

Great project, congrats, keeep on!

[@raguaviva]

nice to see someone working on decent projects

[@MrBaskins2010]

very dope project man

[@lordmemester8798]

This is perfect and awesome and I want one. Love this.

[@lbirkert]

I cannot wait to see the end result. I am really curious if it will be able to compete with commercial resin printers. Keep up the great work!

[@danielroibert5631]

Hello, thank-you for yours videos. This project look promising.

[@FabriceCHERRIER]

Nice project!

[@StepDub]

Very bold and interesting project. Wishing you success.

[@joshy56]

Wow, that's look so good

[@eljefe400]

very nice! good job

[@landroveraddict2457]

Awesome project, brings a whole new meaning to "I built a 3D printer"

[@uninsignificant]

Looks really promising.

[@discipleoftheword1785]

Good job man

[@kesor6]

Looks great. Those LEDs might need some kind of diffusion though for more consistent lighting of the layers via the screen.

[@eslenik]

I think that a fresnel lens need to be added to direct uv light to lcd perpendicularly

[@belzebuthnada6989]

Je suis impatient de voir le résultat final !

[@jayvadgama3703]

Greta project 👍 Keep going.

[@felipemendoza1666]

Great project

[@anonuser2640]

Woww this is amazing project dude even that is has errors doesn’t matter that much compared to all that work

[@seanmcdonald656]

Another great video! It looks like a fantastic idea to build your own diy printer. I would suggest just using a SD extension cable to bring it out front. Save on try to change the circuit board.

[@VIJAYzk]

great project

[@Fury9er]

I went back and watched the first vid again, I really like that you have a method of doing this using Arduino. I recently started trying to ressurect my broken Gen 1 AC Photon and the only common option is using NanoDLP. It is powerful software but the documentation is not great, and it is certaintly aimed more at running a machine over a network. I would prefer something that used electronics and software you would find for FDM printers and I am fine with plugging a usb or SD card into it to use it (although network/tether control is good too) Sending the images to a display adapter that can output hdmi or dvi would open up the possibility to use old monitors for MLSA machines and modded DLP projectors. Great work anyway, keep it going!

[@GNARGNARHEAD]

that's impressive. 👏

[@TBL_stevennelson]

Im alwaus impressed qith your videos but this one is crazy. I hope you do well my friend

[@ranganatennakoon]

one of the best project such as esc. need to more 101 tutorials !

[@georgemendes1103]

Eu amo seu trabalho, parabéns pelo compartilhamento dos seus projetos mesmo quando não são perfeitos

[@Andrew_Custodes]

это определенно очень достойный проект, жду продолжения с нетерпением! Удачи !!

[@shashankarmy]

Nice work

[@mrnlce7939]

looks good. May I recommend a reflective "cone" for the UV LEDs to help focus the light and prevent UV bleed. PLA parts are not UV stable. Great video. Keep up the good work.

[@JeffLeung]

You will need lens to focus the UV. I've used 60deg lens with reflective cones on my build couple years ago. Aligning led matrix in hexagonal pattern can get on more even setting of the resin. btw, driving all staff on a raspberry pi with octoprint is more reasonable imo. in my project, i switched off some led selectively in shadow area, can be done on python script in few lines of code.

[@magicmechanicmc2879]

Looks good

[@M0rE_e]

that's such a really good budget project for D.I.Y and i think you can test it on printing PCBs with photo resistor method until you get rest of parts in hand to complete it maybe i thing you should consider is the tft screen resolution could yield some failures in prints

[@ReYgotcha]

You sir just got a new subscriber :) I was planning on doing something similar in almost identical fashion by disassembling a LCD module and designing my own PCBs for the matrix and SoC, also planning to mill them on my CNC to reduce overall cost (I've already succeeded with milling traces for really small 0603 SMD components). The heart of my project gonna be ESP32-S3-WROOM-1 so maybe I could use its BT capability later on. Haven't decided yet on the screen size tho but I've already ordered a bag of 0805 UV LEDs for the compact matrix so the entire thing can run on 5V. Can't wait how your project will come out and I'm looking forward into the next video!

[@mucitat]

It's a very nice project, but it's also a difficult project for amateurs. I just watched with envy

[@taham6757]

amazing

[@toolzshed]

Whoa nice!

[@mattaddison7073]

looks good

[@Fury9er]

This is very cool, we need more options with resin printers being open source.

[@i_am_not_a_pro_but_lets_try]

love the idea - will be interested to see the results. how are you planning to keep the vat secured?

[@XerotoLabs]

Very cool. For the SD card , use anextender or extension ribbon . I use them with my printers . Seem many printers have poor SD locations , or poor alignment of the sd socket and the hole in the printer body. the one i use is micro sd to micro SD and is 9 inches long . I sticky foam mount the card end in a easier place to get at .

[@rogerorchard2317]

You will need a lense or something to get a more flat light. The points light sources will get on even setting of the resin.

[@koenjanssen81]

Do you have any idea when the tutorial will be ready?? I am really looking forward to building this one

[@chettiarsirusraj9501]

I hope all the small controller component boards are supported in the chassy properly instead of just balancing themselves on the board connector and connecting pins and for the memory card you can add some extension wires from the motherboard to the memory card dotterboard after you have figured out the final placement and you might want to print some mini-finger tip style tweezers that are like oven mittens in shape to pull out & then insert the memory card on to the printer.

[@sree137918]

Amazing!

[@maazshahid8920]

I thing for the UV lights you should use some sort of diffuser to make the lights more even. Maybe the original diffuser from the TFT display will work just fine

[@shaunos100]

Could you get a larger screen module off a laptop or monitor to do the same thing?

[@teriyakipuppy]

This is wild. We can make it bigger!

[@derAaron]

You should consider using the esp32-S3! It has a similar pin layout and less input only pins!

[@theKongston]

Nice project, are there generic vats that you can use for resin? Using a generic can save some time. Good job so far.

[@URBANKILLER.X]

Make 12 channel Lora transmitter and receiver range about 12km

[@derrogers]

done. called Express lrs

[@yugalsharma13]

He's not a Genie from Aladdin lol.

[@Brian-S]

@@yugalsharma13 that's already a thing it's called expresslrs

[@yugalsharma13]

@@Brian-S ELRS gives you 12 ish kilometer range? 😱

[@xiar5546]

@@yugalsharma13can do 30km at only 100mw power.

[@patprop74]

from experience making my own MSLA, the VAT is the biggest hurdle, PLA and ABS just won't work, they will for a print or two but with quickly degrade and cause leaks, the solution that worked for me long term was printing them with Taulman3d 910 and or 645 nylon filaments. It's the only thing that worked long-term.

[@rverm1000]

you could 3d print a knob and put it on top lead screw and twist it . To test if each layer get solidified properly.

[@nerwsi9188]

Cery promisong project Dude

[@Ray77582]

Waiting for your next video about this. Also can you make a 3d printed emergency handcrank power supply for charging or lighting.

[@putyavka]

Very cool project. It's complex, but not difficult for those who have at least some experience in arduino DIY. But I worry about contrast of the display. LEDs are still visible through black regions. It needs some efforts to play with brightness and exposition time.

[@adriabruicortes490]

Nice! I would maybe add a layer of some light dispersing material between the LEDs and the screen, so that the light that gets to the screen is more uniform and less dotted.

[@ELECTRONOOBS]

Fresnel lens maybe?

[@adriabruicortes490]

@@ELECTRONOOBS I don't think so. You use Fresnel lens mainly when you have a small source compared to where you want the light to hit. I don't know exactly how this printers work, but I would use a diffusing lens or maybe a collimator

[@oscargraveland]

@@ELECTRONOOBS Perhaps you can start by testing those sheets that you removed from the original display. They are there (partly) for that reason.

[@matteoricci9129]

If I were you, I would change the PCB completely,so that it would screw directly on the stepper, as the enclosure so 4 long screws would hold almost everything together, after the film would be fixed to the top plate and a pump just under the top plate so that it would move resin from and to a reservoir. The WiFi is great! I guess another iteration on this and would be good

[@Duraltia]

@04:10 Can't say I'm super sold on _that_ way of mounting the LCD... Here's to hoping this is only meant to be a prototype mounting solution in case something breaks... For a permanent / final solution I'd be expecting something more akin to a frame supporting the LCD all around instead of just the corners thus better distributing the load coming from the liquid trapped between the Build Platform and the FEP creating a bulge during the early stages 🤔

[@kayezero703]

Yooo finally i thought you forgot about that project or it failed

[@ozzymandius666]

Are you sure that the LCD is transparent/opaque enough to work? I have a suspicion that display LCDs may not be up to snuff.

[@YeetTheAn3On]

Nice, you can improve it by adding a UV diffusing sheet and using 2 liquid crystal sheets instead one to prevent light leakage.

[@edgh429]

can it be supersized ? I want to print a widebody kit for a car plus a drone fleet .

[@azero79]

Very cool project, I wanna see how it actually works

[@Jarko1401]

You might want to add diffuser for leds.

[@zmdrfr]

Very good Project!! Where can you download the PCB Gerber file? As shown here from minute 2:33? I can't find this on the homepage. Thanks!

[@PeTr01]

This is an incredible project!! though, couldn't you break the trace for now and handwire the stepper motor to make sure it works before ordering a new board?

[@marcomang6717]

I wanna make an uv exposure with a lcd mask. Whats the most simple way?

[@flameinthedark]

It looks promising! You probably planned it in future, but i think it's a good idea to add some diffusing material between leds and screen to make the uv light more even

[@lordmemester8798]

same

[@jordantekelenburg]

When will the tutorial be ready?

[@samuelboutin4305]

Look at the Prometheus MSLA machine :D ! Its the first fully open msla printer. The motherboard is based on klipper :o

[@1x1johnny]

Wouldn't it be better to use a Monochrome Display? Now you loose the Red and Green channel and I assume the light from the LED can only pass the Blue color channel? With the RGB-Display you would not illuminate the whole surface, only the spots where the blue light is transmitted? I am I missing something, or were you able to remove the RGB-filer (bayer filter) or is the UV light anyway blocked and transmitted (depending on the state of each pixel) by all RGB-pixels? Still a very cool Project!

[@orley1994]

I think a little tweaking of this project would turn into a great tool for making pcbs using the photosensitive ink method...

[@GregEPIC]

Hey! Where is the test? How do we know its working? We would love to know how accurate and also which materials can print.

[@oscargraveland]

Very preliminary comment. Is the extinction ratio for the UV light enough? You can see the LED's even through the areas where the display is dark.

[@kirknelson156]

looks cool but you might want to add a diffuser to your led's

[@dineshvyas]

Great.

[@caslor2002]

hi, consider to use the newer version of the esp, The ESP32-S3 has more pins to use and no restriction pins to use them only as inputs. it is what Espressif recomend to use for new projects (has longer productivity experation date) nice project!!

[@proactive_studio]

Highly agree with this. It perfect for any project and I use it on everything, although I am an electronic engineer and use the chip rather than the module but I’m sure the modules out there would be fine

[@tonyvarghese75]

Nice

[@ko5t1k]

I am not sure, but probably you need to have diffuser in between leds and your screen.