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 ^Name| Monoprice SLA Printer| ^Name| Monoprice SLA Printer|
 ^Owner | Makers' Alliance | ^Owner | Makers' Alliance |
-^Location | Digital/Electronics |+^Location | Storage |
 ^Training needed| Yes| ^Training needed| Yes|
-^Hackable| No|+^Hackable| Yes|
 ^Model| MP Mini SLA | ^Model| MP Mini SLA |
 ^Serial| UNKNOWN| ^Serial| UNKNOWN|
 ^Arrival Date| UNKNOWN| ^Arrival Date| UNKNOWN|
-^Working| Yes|+^Working| No|
 ^Contact| Sam Harmon| ^Contact| Sam Harmon|
  
-Current Status: Fully Functional+Current Status: Broken 
 +  *Somehow the Z axis is bound up. Suspect resin may have gotten into the stepper motor? 
 +  *resin tank has developed a leak again. Will need to be replaced if the printer is rehabbed to be operational again. 
 + 
 +Caveats:  
 +  *DO NOT SCRAPE THE FEP SHEET AT THE BOTTOM OF THE TANK. Otherwise we'll have to order a new one and carefully replace it. 
 +  *Just use clear resin. Our one experiment with opaque resin ended poorly. 
 +  *Try not to leave the lid up too much, it exposes the resin and kinda smells bad. 
 + 
 +Usage: 
 +  * If logged into MakerNet, go to the IP address listed on the printer. The slicer is a web interface. 
 +  * Use the slicer to render your .STL into an animated .gif. 
 +    * Try not to have an empty void with no way for resin to drain on the underside of your object relative to the build plate. It can get messy. 
 +    * Once you render your .gif, I suggest downloading it to your local computer, renaming it, and re-uploading it to the web interface (stupid, but it works) 
 +    * Check the printer for any forgotten prints on the build plate and make sure there is sufficient resin in the tank. 
 +    * SUPER IMPORTANT: When printing, be sure to specify a profile. The "Clear Resin" one in pretty reliable. Not specifying a profile gets you your first layer and that's about it. 
 +  * Once the print is done, open the lid and pull off the magnetic build plate. 
 +  * Carefully remove your print from the build plate. 
 +  * Wash your print: place it in a mason jar half full of 91% isopropyl alcohol. Give it a good shake for a minute or so to get extraneous resin off the print. 
 +  * Cure the print: Either place it in the UV curing station and run it twice (each cycle is about 30 minutes), or if it's a nice sunny day you can take it outside and expose it to the sun for an hour or so. 
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