I DESTROYED☠️ my Halot one.. (but revived it)

[@DukeFrolix]

You are my internet hero ! I have to open my printer because I spilled resin over my motor 😢

[@markusallport1276]

This video was a great insight to this printer. Sometimes accidents can have far reaching benefits. I am new to resin, but I will pay attention to what happened here because I am notorious for going the cheap way and using alternatives. In this case, I will not be doing that, lesson learned. Thank you Johannes.

[@TheOriginalVelenova]

I had the EXACT same screen problem on my Halot One Pro, probably from killing the screen with alcohol after trying to clean up a resin spill. Your workaround with the mouse is GENIUS. I can't believe that worked. I also had to take out my touch screen (really not hard to do at all) and unplug the touch screen input ribbon to keep it from phantom pressing on things.

[@thibaulteram]

Great video Johannes! It sucks that your printer had a leak but happy for you that yo managed to make it work again. Good luck with future prints and looking forward to see your mystical project you seem so proud of!

[@sachakingston7225]

I literally had a major resin spill yesterday and the touchscreen is buggered. Thank goodness I found your video and learned I could use a mouse in the interim while waiting for a new touchscreen! Thanks for sharing your experience and solutions!

[@veew9584]

Oh no I’m so sorry about all the prints 🥹🥹🥹 but great video

[@Solipsfilm]

Yeah, I definitely had my fair share of printer problems the last couple of weeks 😅 Oh well, I learned a lot from it in the end so it's not all bad. Happy I can continue the actual project I'm working on now :)

[@FreshAnton]

Damn! That sucks what happened to you! Awesome Idea with the Mouse and the USB Hub!

[@davidseynhaeve6505]

Amazing video Johannes! Your journey in here is really amazing! Thumps up! 💪🏻

[@alexfrantz8389]

To anyone watching this: never use a drill to tighten your FEP.

[@fatboyshadetree5139]

Removing is fine tho. It has to do with amount of torque applied. It has to be even across the entire fep.

[@dredgewalker]

Lesson here is sometimes the more you try to save money the more it costs you. If there was a better or cheaper alternative to fep the companies would have sold it. But thank you for your sacrifice in testing out things that some of us already thought of using.

[@andyb7754]

Sorry to see the problems with your printer. I bought a Creality SLA printer about 8 months ago but haven't used it yet (it kind of scares me!!). I also researched the printer before buying (what problems they could have) and got extra film and a cleaner/lube for the resin tank. PTFE lube is used to polish the tank film so the cured resin doesn't stick that well (releases easier). Good luck in the future with this printer. One day I'll try my SLA printer!! LOL!

[@Solipsfilm]

Oh damn, my video probably didn't help much to make you feel more confident.. On the other hand, you know not do be as stupid as I was 😅 It's actually super nice using this printer apart from the drama I caused myself. The print quality is just so so great!

[@markusallport1276]

You made some good points, thanks.

[@JohnCripps]

thank you for the vid. I just had my Halot printer spring a leak. your video is going to help alot!

[@softart5235]

this better not happen to me.well do i admire the mouse back up plan (THUMBS UP)

[@Solipsfilm]

I will definitely be more careful in the future, that's for sure 😅

[@davedavem]

I hope i never need to do this, but in case i do, thanks for the video! The point about sealing the screen against leaks - hopeful Creality see your video and make that change. They'd save on warranty repairs when they leak through the proper FEP.

[@xgen8k]

this was a superb video, big thanks for sharing this fix experience

[@duke0102]

That's some amazing dedication cleaning/repairing this printer lol, good job. I think if this happened to me it would be binned and and I'd say the to the wife "what printer?" haha

[@donniem7979]

wow ur a soldier ty for uploading this

[@themainman2827]

The learning is: Do what the manufacturer says. ALWAYS.

[@jimhulliberger4802]

Had the same issue with the touchscreen after a resin leak. I mean, they should at least have some kind of seal around the touchscreen! Thanks for letting me know I can use a mouse with this printer. It will save me the hassle of trying to make it work as-is!

[@DarrenCurrie.]

Sorry to see that happen to you! Same happened to me a couple days ago and there's not a lot on youtube showing resin leaks into the printer and I experienced the exact same thing as you. Only in my case I have the Halot One Pro and when I put everything back together, it didn't print anything. Turns out the resin released the ribbon from the lcd screen enough so that several pins weren't making contact with the PCB on the LCD glass. I thought the ribbon was at least soldered on but it appeared to be just glued. Ugh. Can't even find where to buy a replacement right now (Nov. 2022). And not too happy with the part # on the screen: FPC-070-L001-3 7.04 2K. I thought the Halot One Pro was supposed to be a 3K screen!

[@lindsay5985]

Thanks for documenting this. So basically, any FEP failure will be a disaster... and we should therefore replace FEPs on time. Good to know, but surprising and disappointing Creality has done seemingly nothing to protect any part of the Halot One from a resin spill event.

[@fatboyshadetree5139]

I spilled some resin on mine but nowhere near what you did. Mine was about a shot glass amount. I wiped up all that i could but some leaked down by the stepper motor. I used it after that and it worked fine. But put the printer away and havent used it since. I wanna get back into printing so i might have to take it apart if it doesnt work right. Thank you for the detailed video in case i need to fully disassemble mine.

[@hhdminiatures]

Thank you so much. I just had the dumbest moment. 1/4 full vat spilled in my printer, and into the screen. This assembly will come in handy.

[@Solipsfilm]

Oh, that sucks.. 😔 Really glad I can help you out! Hope you'll get everything working again 🤞🏻

[@molak34]

0:47 consider yourself lucky. It's common for loose connections to burn the stepper driver.

[@TommytheroxTV]

6:54 Never use metal scrapers on fep Or screen, plastic or rubber only

[@rsz90182]

If I were the manufacturer of this type of printer I would add a few plastic drains so that resin can be directed via a gutter around the glass and exit the bottom into a tray or base that has some kind of a low profile tub. This way you would only need to just flush the drain with IPA.

[@estebanstrauch]

how cool is the mous support ( i mean of course its linux but, did not think about it) works better than touch in the first place xD

[@Solipsfilm]

Nice right! And really luckily for me.. 😅😅

[@Bpboshoff]

Mix 1:1 distilled water and IPA for cleaning the screen glass. No more haze or streaks. Alternatively you can use ethanol it flashes off better and has no "oily like" feel.

[@AwkwardAbe42]

Instructions unclear, dick stuck in a bottle of watered down Indian Pale Ale :/

[@Feilyan]

Thx fornthe video i just had the same issue with an original fep. It broke and the resin went everywhere occluding the monitor. I'm now going to clean everything hoping tonnot have damaged any components..

[@eat3dhonduras287]

Dear instructor, may i ask somethingi have an issue after change screeam the uv light does not stop sinse star printing, i try and check averything and nothing works, do you know what is happen_?

[@platypusrex2287]

Lesson is ... If you think it's too tight don't use it.... Liquid ptfe also reduces sticking..

[@Solipsfilm]

Right, I've just been looking into this as well, PTFE lube, didn't know this existed, will definitely give it a go! (On the original FEP film though, don't feel like having this PET film break like that again 😅)

[@MayoBO9]

does anyone know where to get a replacement lead screw for this printer, i see them on amazon but im afraid of getting the wrong one

[@mr.g354]

Did you not get fep inserted in the halot manual? I got several sheets with mine

[@Solipsfilm]

Just one sheet.. 😔 They were being greedy with my printer apparently 😅

[@wimdikkema]

Action geweldige winkel😂

[@dekurvajo]

Actually the mouse support is great!

[@JZKittyGaming]

Now I know I can use a mouse with my printer!

[@Solipsfilm]

It's actually a really nice way of controlling the printer indeed, really glad this worked or I had to buy a whole new touchscreen.. 😅

[@Slot1Gamer]

i had that exact issue on my ender 3 today :0

[@Slot1Gamer]

some black sikaflex glue would probably be good to seal the lcd

[@michaelnoardo3315]

incredible, I cannot make my Halot one print single print, it sticks to the FEP and breaks the print in 2 parts .... one gets stick to Plate and rest with FEP, i have tried stronger supports everything ... i just cannot

[@Solipsfilm]

I had a similar problem, it might have something to do with the tuning of your FEP film, it it better to be a bit too loose than too tight on the vat. There's tutorials that show you how to tune your FEP to get the right sound pitch.

[@Solipsfilm]

Oh, and there's also FEP lubricant that makes it stick less, might also be worth trying if the first thing fails 😉

[@JohanDegraeveAanscharius]

You had the guts to make a video of your mess-up. I don't have these guts, but.... exactly the same happened. i believed the fake videos that advise Pet film ...

[@Nayfun1]

found this video afteri accidently poured resin all over printer luckily it only went into the stepper motor i need to replace it but i have to say this video has to a how not to use a halot one lol i know people say dont use metal scraper on fep but why would they give you one if they didnt want you to use it also dont add silicon around screen it will be harder to remove if this happens again

[@wimdikkema]

Werkt mica niet?

[@gradenko23]

Another reason not to waste your money on any resin printer made by creality. This also happened on my Halot one pro. The vat is built so shabbily it stresses the fep on the corners. After a few cycles they tear and out comes the resin onto your screen. And the threads strip out so easilly. I have an Elegoo mars that performs much better than my halot and is 10x more reliable. Creality should just stick to making FDM printers. These halot printers are just utter garbage.

[@ricardoferreira2811]

HALOT ONE, no "R"

[@Solipsfilm]

Oh wow, never noticed my typo.. 😅 Thanks for pointing that out!

[@MKUMBRA]

bro is using no safety precautions

[@Solipsfilm]

Bro was not acting very smart indeed, still alive though..😅

[@niaimack]

You really should be wearing gloves whenever you touch the printer, even more so when the thing is covered in uncured resin.

[@Solipsfilm]

You're definitely right.. I did wear them in the beginning but after two hours of wearing them and having one tear apart I kinda gave up 😅 I luckily didn't experience any irritation on my skin and washed my hands thoroughly afterwards. But yes, definitely the smarter thing to keep wearing them when handeling this chemical soup.

[@odrankeane-teague1601]

I made a click bait title (but telling you I fixed it so you can't claim this is click bait)

[@wimdikkema]

Ga zo door

[@pitbullash]

You just throw uncured resin in your trashcan just like that? come on buddy! Get back 2 basics 😡😡

[@cornelius9422]

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