UV curing Station for SLA WITH TIMER

Last crawled date: 4 years, 2 months ago

i had just ordered my 1st resin printer and as anyone was eager to get started, i live in the uk and sun is not something we get much of at all and i knew it was ether find a way to cure my prints or spend out 500 pounds plus on a curing station, was searching here and found an amazing looking print by RyanTheMast for a working curing station, after thinking about it for some time i desided it was real good and couldn't be leave no one else had made one, i wanted one but would rather have a timer on it, so i got cracking with adding to RyanTheMast design and here are the results
lets start with the build its self, RyanTheMast files where spot on but i do like to play with things to suit me, if you just want a simple low cost effective way to set our prints then his files will suit you down to the ground, its a lovely design and will work well, wether you use mine or use his thay are one and the same, the only difference is i built a timer in and changed the way it prints, i did not just jump in to this i did print all of his files 1st and then worked out what i wanted to change to suit me.
1st thing i have done is made the fan mounts removable so thay can be printed flat to save some print time and to make them a little stronger, second thing i have done is change the power button, last but not least i added the timer, problem with my changes is you need a bit more amps coming from the power supply to get this all up and running, if you have 12v power supply's laying about then you can just change the one out that comes with the nail curers or you can buy another one 3-5 amps, or if you dont want to spend even more money then you can join the 2 supply's together plus to plus and neg to neg, only problem with this is it takes up 2 sockets.
on to the timer, this is something i have never used before and there are not any English videos showing how to get it to trigger and how to program so this was a task on its own but i got there in the end, i set mine to 300 seconds (5 minits) but can go up to 999 seconds if needed, i set mine so i can check the print and see if it needs another 5 minits or not,
printing the parts, i printed the main body on a cr10, speed .40 1600 layer height with no problems at all, the fan covers and the timer box i used the mars to resin print, in doing this i had to re drill holes so that there was no forcing threads to go thru as i dident want to crack or brake any parts, if it was pla then it wouldn't have been a problem.
also i ordered latching switches from amazon and it turns out thay where push to make switches that turned up so i had to wire mine direct for now, the button on the right was ment to be power and on the left was the trigger button to start the timer and everything going,
wiring this was fun so you will need a little skill in electrics and soldering to get this going, i will explain from start to finish for you,
i started with taking the left uv light apart and removing what is not needed, there are 2 censers in each one that i just cut at the base of as thay will not be needed, i unplugged everything from the main board and removed all the wires only leaving the red and black coming from the lights there self's, i then poked that out of the bottom and put it back together leaving the wires coming out of the bottom
i then moved on to the right uv light, i done the same as above but leaving the uv light wire and the power plug in place, i extended the wire for the power to reach the front of the box again putting it out the bottom along with the light wire then put it back together.
mounted the switches in place on the fan cover and mounted the fans, one blowing in one blowing out
this is where it gets fun,
the power wires go to + and - on the on off switch as it has a led in it,
then connects to the - on the timer board from the - you just connected to the switch,
then comes from the other + on the switch down to the 12v vcc on the timer,
you also need to take another - wire from the timer to the - of the trigger connector on the other side of the board,
wire 2 wires to the push to make switch (one on left), take one wire to the + on the timer board and connect the other to the + on the trigger side of the board
this puts 12v in to the timer and when you push the start button it sends 12v to the trigger side of the board and triggers the timer to start,
now take a + and - from the output side of the timer and run it back in side the box, this is what all your lights, motors and fans will be running from, you can then wire them all up in any way you want as long as + go's to + and - go's to -
when my head has stopped thumping and my brain relaxs again ill go in to programing the timer but for now i think thats me done till next time.
please go and take a look at the files this was remixed from as thay might be better fitted for you who knows but big thanks to RyanTheMast as if he ha-dent of done all the hard work then i wouldn't have a banging head right now lol
parts needed,
1 push to make switch
1 latching switch
2 nail curing stations
8 pc fan screws
4 pc main board screws
3 m3 10mm bolts
2 m3 15mm bolts
1 timer module
4 fans
1 motor
all printed items
You'll want 2 of these:
Ceenwes UV LED Nail Lamp 24W Professional Polish Curing Dryer Lighthttps://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07NWDZ18Y/ref=ppx_od_dt_b_asin_title_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
latching button, you can just wire it all to come on when plugged in but who doesn't love a light up clicky push button?https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07ZF5YG6P/ref=ppx_od_dt_b_asin_title_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
push to make button same as above but push to make
Really any 12v 60mmx6omm fans could work:
Wathai 60mm x 60mm x 25mm 12V 2P Dual Ball DC Case Fan Brushless Cooling Fanhttps://www.amazon.com/Wathai-60mm-25mm-Brushless-Cooling/dp/B07Q2JWNFX
Slow geared 12v motor to make it spin:
uxcell Uxcell DC 12V 6RPM Worm Gear Motor 6mm Female Shaft High Torque Turbine Reducerhttps://www.amazon.com/15RPM-Shaft-Torque-Turbine-Geared/dp/B01MXPNX7P
timer modulehttps://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B073W7Q5FY/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1