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Hey guys, after my last video got a lot of feedback regarding it;s length, I wanted to let you all know that this is another video that may not resonate with many of you who have followed for a while. I have about 4 videos aimed at absolute beginners coming out.
The point of this one is for new people to watch before they even consider looking for a resin printer. This is an overview of the whole process, with a few handy tips and is a general guide on how printing works.
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I honestly thought I'd done this a video
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covering the basics of resin printing
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but since putting that video out I've
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had so many comments from people asking
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me to make a video which explains the
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overall process to someone who has
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absolutely no idea what this journey
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entails and it turns out it's a lot and
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since I've got a channel dedicated to
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helping you save money and make the best
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buying choices in this hobby then it
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would help to start with a video that
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covers the highlights of what you're in
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for if you decide to start looking down
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the Avenue of resin printing but knowing
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what I know I'm now worried I'm far too
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far from that position to relate to
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someone with the questions that people
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may have so I need someone who's more of
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a beginner to give me a point of
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reference so hi I'm Ross and this is f
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Hammer videos it's you if you don't know
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guy or his channel midwinter minis
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that's okay not all 3D printer users are
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into Miniatures and tabletop board games
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but I hope you can support me in helping
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him out to grow his subscribers maybe
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check out some of his content including
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his on the experience of resin printing
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with good results for the first time but
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don't do it yet hang on I've got a whole
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video for you you can watch that at the
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end of this there's a link down in the
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description for you let's explain how
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you can go from what is resin printing
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to a pro printer with excellent results
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in the shortest time possible and what
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you're about to get yourself into so guy
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has already 3D printed before on his own
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and as he explains it himself he tried
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it on the original any cubic Photon
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couldn't get it to work bar one single
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successful print and got so fed up with
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the process gave that printer away and
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hasn't looked back since but as we've
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come a long way from those days and 3D
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printing is making huge impacts on the
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modeling industry it was time to try
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again so I took a trip to Sunny
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Colchester in January to visit guy and
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help him walk through the process of
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getting amazing results on his printer
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every time and what do you mean I'm
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British this is sunny to us anytime it's
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not raining we call that Sunny anyway
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let's briefly explain the process of
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resin PR printing these machines are
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designed to create far more detailed
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models than plastic melting fdm printers
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and as a brief comparison of the two
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approaches fdm printing has
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significantly more settings to play with
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but thankfully now most printers with
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simple materials like pla are at least
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workable with the settings out of the
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box but for perfect results on a
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particular fdm printer with a particular
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material you could spend months learning
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and tweaking a printer and even after
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this you'll never get small details as
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sharp as with resum prints it's just not
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possible if you're looking for detail on
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par with store bought plastic War Games
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models or something of equivalent detail
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in whatever it is you want to print it's
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not even close between the two
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technologies now on the flip side resin
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printing is much easier and faster to
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dial in all the settings and get amazing
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and perfect results for your machine and
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resin combo but the whole process of
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working with resin is far Messier and
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this is mostly because once your models
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are printed you then need to do a whole
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cleaning and curing process to remove
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any residual resin and Harden the shell
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throughout this you must not touch the
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liquid resin with bare hands because
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it's toxic as are many of the chemicals
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you use to clean the models with but
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moving on here's what they do both types
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of printer meaning fdm and resin take
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digitally sculptured 3D model files from
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a computer and render them as physical
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objects and to do this you typically
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need to use an application referred to
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as slicer for resin popular applications
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for computers include chitubox and L G
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both of these apps have free versions
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with pro upgrade features but most
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people will be absolutely fine with the
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free versions you may already be
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wondering which is the best of these two
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apps and well the truth is they're each
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better at different things I'm not going
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to go into detail why here because well
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I've already covered it on a supporting
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prints video and if you want more info
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then check that out after watching this
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but anyway these slicer programs do
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exactly what the name suggests they
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slice up your model into layers so
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knowing that I'm going to talk about
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resin printers exclusively going forward
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and the file that these applications
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output is basically made up of a series
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of images in the resolution of your
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printer's screen along with some code
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telling the printer how to expose these
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layers and so you can understand how a
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load of flat images make up a 3D model
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well imagine a vegetable if you slice it
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up with a knife then look at the profile
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of one slice each sliced part is
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essentially one resin print layer of the
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whole piece you fuse those parts
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together and you have the shape of the
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object now obviously with a 3D printer
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the slicers are much much thinner so
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yeah that's exactly what the slicer
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programs are doing they're splitting the
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object down into thin layers and your
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model is printed by curing resin in
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those shapes one layer at a time this is
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by using types of resin that cure and
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harden when exposed to UV light in a
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printer that light is shown up through
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an LCD from a light sour below it there
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are various types of light source and
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the technology is ever evolving to
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ensure we get an even and direct spread
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of light projected up through the
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LCD and above this LCD is a vat to store
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your liquid resin in and this has a
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clear film on the base it's called a
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release film and like the LCD this
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release film allows UV light to be
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projected through it there are different
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types of films such as Fe PFA NFP ACF
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but I cover the different material types
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and what they do in individual printer
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reviews you really don't need to worry
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about that yet now in order to print a
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model you transfer a file that's created
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from the slicer program to the printer
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and that's usually via a USB drive but a
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few printers now have a Wi-Fi transfer
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option and an important note because it
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may stump many of you most ufb drives
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that you get with printers are
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absolutely awful and can cause issues
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like print fails or even lock up a whole
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printer so it's usually worth investing
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in a drive from a more reliable brand
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with any new printer purchase now when
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you tell your printer to print this file
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it will start to create the model layer
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by layer the build plate will lower into
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the vat and leave a very thin gap
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between the build plate surface and the
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release film below it this Gap is
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determined by your chosen layer height
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in microns or hundreds of a millimeter
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and is consistent throughout the print
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and the layer height setting is often
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down to personal preference it's a
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balance between quality at the smallest
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layer height and time at the largest
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layer Heights also the more layers you
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have in a print it normally means the
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longer your LCD will be on for and that
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also has an impact on its longevity you
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see the LCDs are clas as consumable
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parts and may need replacing after about
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2,000 hours of exposure time and that's
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the amount of time that the LCD is on
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for not the whole printing time the
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exposure time of the time during a print
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is eclipsed by the print bed raising and
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lowering that takes the most time in any
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print now as I was saying when the print
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bed lowers it leaves this Gap determined
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by your layer High and the LCD will then
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display a monochrome image for the layer
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its printing whilst the UV light is
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shown up from below the dark areas of
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the screen mask out the light and the
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open areas of the screen allow the UV
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light through and the UV light can only
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cure the resin in the shape which has
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rendered as open on the LCD and to the
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height which is limited by the print bed
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or earlier resin layer above it now at
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that point after a layer is cured it is
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fused to both the bed or previous layer
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and the release film and just a quick
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aside I'm sorry to do this but all of
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this is when you're using an LCD printer
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which is referred to as masked
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stereolithography apparatus or msla you
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also have more traditional SLA which
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uses lasers and you've got DLP printers
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which use projectors instead of LCD
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panels but due to the price of those
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Hardware components these types of
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printers are much rarer and everybody
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uses LCD and your models technically
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print upside down from how you viewed it
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in the slicer because of the way the bed
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lowers into the liquid resin rather than
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something being printed up from a bed
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anyway back to what I was saying when
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each layer is cured the print bed then
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lifts out of the vat and that layer
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should pull away from the released film
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sometimes you will get an audible pop as
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the plastic slaps back down into place
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and release films aren't solid they are
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stretchy so you will need to lift it by
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several millimeters for the resin to
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fully detach and for printers with a
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larger print area you'll need to lift
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the plate higher than with smaller
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printers due to the extra stretch in the
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larger film at talk more about this lift
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height and various other settings in my
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how to print video and I'll go into more
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detail in a future video too for now
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this is just to know how it all works
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and on that one thing to know is that
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your base layers meaning your first few
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layers need to be cured for longer than
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normal layers because they need stronger
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adherence to the plate and it's also
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worth understanding that because models
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print in this layer format the lowest
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points from every area on the model must
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be directly connected to the build plate
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with earlier resin layers or a lower
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part part of the model beneath it this
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is to avoid having what's called Islands
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in your prints because without anything
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to stick to below them how would they be
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pulled away from the release film when
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the bed lifts thankfully applications
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like light slicer have a feature to
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identify these islands before you print
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anything but again you want my
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supporting models video for more
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information on how all that works so now
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you know how a single layer's made the
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printer basically repeats this lower
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cure lift process until each of the
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layers of the model is done and you've
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got a complete object again I want to
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stress I don't want you to worry too
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much about the specific settings for now
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because it might be overwhelming
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especially if you're brand new but
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things like bed lifting speed and how
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long to wait after lowering into the bed
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can all affect both the print speed and
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quality or it can cause the print to
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fail altogether again though that's what
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my settings video is for and that's
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already in place and that'll walk you
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through a process to absolutely nail all
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of that but now you understand how resin
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print works and despite perhaps not
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having hands-on experience you're
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probably a good way up to speed with as
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much as guy knew before I turned up at
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his house now guy has the uniformation
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gk2 which is an incredible 3D printer in
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fact it's the best all round 3D printer
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on the market right now though it may be
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a little much on the expensive side for
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most people I don't know what your
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budget is and I'm not here to judge but
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this printer has one key feature amongst
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its many convenience features which
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helps us know end
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and that is a chamber heater and one
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thing you need to know is that resin
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temperature plays a role in resin
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printing you see when resin's warm it
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cures faster and depending on your resin
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there is an optimal range which is
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normally above 20° Celsius and mid-20s
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ideally you can cure resin in lower
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temperatures so don't worry but you'll
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need to cure it for longer which often
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results in Overexposed bloated Prints
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but it's only a little bit or the
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results are that you get more brittle
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resin when it's fully cured the impact
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will vary depending on just how cold
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your temperature is and this isn't a
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huge difference I'm just letting you
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know that unless you have optimal
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temperatures you won't get the most
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optimal results where this actually does
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become an issue is if you've got
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variable temperatures if you start a
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print when it's nice and warm and leave
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it overnight you might come back to a
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failure the next morning due to a
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temperature drop in the middle of the
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process now the gk2 equipped with a
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heater to combat this but there are
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other options which I'll show you in my
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video where I tested the gk2 heater by
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printing outside in the snow and more
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and more companies are coming out with
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chamber heaters now or VAP belts or you
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can put your printer in a Hydroponics
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grow tent there are loads of options to
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keep your printer warm this printer just
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has the feature built in which is
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incredibly helpful but what this does
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mean is I knew the environment
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temperature that guy was using because
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this printer controls it so this is one
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of few situations where I can just give
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him the best settings because I've got
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the same printer and resin and
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temperature combo as him but if you
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can't control your temperature then the
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fact is you can't just copy someone
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else's settings even if you use the same
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printer and same resin together you will
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need to do exposure tests to dial in
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your printer so once again I'll refer
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you back to my video on how to configure
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a printer and this is what I walk guy
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through in case he ever wants to change
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his into another brand or use a
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different printer and what I also did
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and will do for you is I gave him a
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detailed rundown of what all the
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different slicer settings do and like I
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said I'll do that for you but that's
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going to be in a future future video so
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now with his printer set up and all the
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settings ready it was about lunchtime so
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we started off with prints and I went
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out to check in my hotel now at this
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point I've just realized that I'm not
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actually halfway through my script and
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we still have lots to go over in regard
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to the process so let's take a break
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here just as I actually did in real life
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by having a Quick Trip Around Colchester
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town but stick with me to the end
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because I've got an important question
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for you and this really needs answering
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now whilst I was out I popped into the
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local Warhammer store as I love to do
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when visiting a new place that has one
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and to my surprise they actually had
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models by guy and Hatty in the window
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and that's really cool but I also
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spotted some incredibly well- painted
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blood angels in the store window too and
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if anyone knows who painted these let me
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know so I can add their name in the
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video description these are some
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gorgeous like almost Heavy Metal
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Standard Marines and that's not the
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question that I wanted to ask another
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thing I did I want to point this out
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because it was awesome on the way back I
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nipped into a new place called The Sushi
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Co or the sushi company which had just
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opened two weeks before my visit and I
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love me some sushi and the presentation
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of the dishes was incredible I'm not
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getting paid by them for promotion I
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didn't get a free meal I just thought it
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was a cool place and I had my new camera
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and wanted to shoot it while I was there
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and yeah it tasted great too so check
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them out if you like sushi I hope they
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bring one to Nottingham very soon so
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anyway as I said we'd left the printer
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running and I went back to guy's house
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that evening for a game of hero quest
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with Anne and golden demon winner Steve
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who've actually been on the midwinter
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min's Channel several times before and
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it was all good until this moment he
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snuck into the room just to do that
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action and then he was going to leave
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again let him take his no no no can I
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just find out guys's completely changed
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his tune
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from the move I was just he was like no
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you can't do that and I was like I
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didn't know yeah now that he's on camera
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totally different so you see I've always
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believed when playing hero Quest if you
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search for treasure in a room which has
14:41
a special treasure like a chest or
14:43
weapon rack the first person in the room
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to search gets that treasure now guy's
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argument was as his character used pass
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through rock that you must be adjacent
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to said box or Rack in order to claim it
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now I'd like to hear your comments below
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this video who was right here sorry
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anyway what was this video about yes 3D
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printing okay let's get back to it ooh
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squirrel sorry you know I'm easily
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distracted right anyway thank you for
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sticking with me through those like
15:12
blatant ads that aren't ads it was just
15:14
a cool part of the experience next time
15:16
I'm going to be covering the
15:18
post-processing stage of 3D printing and
15:20
what it takes to get models from the
15:21
warm liquid goof to usable on your desk
15:25
make sure you're subscribed and look out
15:26
for that coming next thanks to our
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members for helping us make this content
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and to guy for being an excellent host
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and puppet for my video content it's
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certainly a pleasure to feature on a
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channel as renowned as his so until next
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time what's this what's this there's
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magic in the air faux hammer out
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