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I've got to ask especially to those of
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you watching this video as it's been
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released how many of you came into this
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video wondering what's this printer does
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anyone even know this exists elu made
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the odd decision to release this on the
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same day as their Black Friday sales and
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hid it right down at the bottom of the
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page more people should be made aware of
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this printer because despite it being a
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cheaper version of the original Jupiter
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it holds its own as another large format
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3D printer it kind of makes sense that
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this was released quiet
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as I expect elu still have a bunch of
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original Jupiter stock and this will be
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the clear and easy pick of the two for
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many new adopters and oh yeah hi I'm
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Ross and this is fmer video and that oh
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that's the elu Jupiter SE which if you
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haven't already guessed is a big printer
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you know after the Mars being small and
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the Saturn being mid this one being
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called the Jupiter makes sense with the
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12.8 in 6K screen well a screen of
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5,448 by 3,6 4 pixels which is just a
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bit shy of 6K this matches the original
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Jupiter in build area in fact both
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Jupiter printers have identical build
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volumes of 278 by 156 x 300 mm and with
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a 6K resolution the pixel size of this
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is just 51 microns and well that's quite
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large especially when compared to Modern
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smaller printers and several of the
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larger format printers from other brands
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too so yes this is on the poor aside
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when it comes to print quality but it is
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a tiny difference and as I've said in
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many a large resin printer review are
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you really looking at these to print
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small detailed models now yeah there's
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an argument that a big build plate has
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value in large batch production and yes
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there is a small quality drop in
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detailed models but I expect most people
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looking at a printer of this size want
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it to print big things that's really
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what it's made for anyway but I'll talk
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about the quality of other models
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shortly
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going back to that large build plate
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it's etched in the same way that elu
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have done with the entirety of their
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latest Mars and satin printers and I
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really love these build plates they've
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got great adherence but you can still
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get models off easily when you have your
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base exposure times dialed it but the
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leveling mechanism is one place where
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this has been cheapened when compared to
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the original Jupiter but still an
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upgrade when compared to most other
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elegu printers that just use a ball
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joint this time just like the Mars 4
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ultra and the satin 3 Ultra elu have
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gone with a common four bolt mechanism
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to level the bed at Each corner leveling
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is a case of loosen the bolts send the
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bed to home and tighten the bolts that's
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the whole process and whilst I've not
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had issues with this style of mechanism
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before I've never had this mechanism on
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a printer this large so time will tell
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how successful this is thankfully if it
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goes off kilter releveling is just as
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easy as initial leveling it's just a
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messy job but to do it do it with the
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that in even with resin in and you'll be
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fine just make sure you wear
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gloves one thing I really like about
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this printer and it's a tiny thing is
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the asymmetrical lever used to tighten
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the vat to the zarm these are much
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easier to both tighten and loosen than a
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large circular bolt though the big
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washer often gets in the way when trying
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to put the bed in place the vat in this
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printer is huge in fact it's
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significantly larger than the screen and
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that's good because it's more likely to
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catch any resin splashes and I
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immediately noticed that there's no ACF
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in sight here this has a crystalclear
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PFA film which means this printer is
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built for quality over
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speed now again I've made the argument
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before that ACF is bad because it
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reduces surface quality but like I just
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said about resolution when printing
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large objects would this even matter so
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much I suppose that's down to you and
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your call about what you want in a
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printer of this size onto the other
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mechanics which includes the Dual linear
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r rails however another downgrade from
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the Jupiter is that this has a
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traditional lead screw rather than the
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smoother ball screw of the other more
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expensive printer and the lack of any
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visible cap on this Z frame is another
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place where the printer comes across as
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cheap and the rest of this printer well
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it's very typically modern elgu in terms
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of design and function and I don't mean
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that in a bad way because while some
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will look at the parts as cheap others
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can justifiably not wish to pay the
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expense for what is little more in terms
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of quality of life features the most
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glaring difference in this printer from
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the old Jupiter is the chassis instead
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of a big metal printer with a door you
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now have the cheaper eligo style of a
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liftoff lid this does have some
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attachable handles that go on the sides
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though I'm not sure who thought adding
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them closer to the front rather than
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Central was a good idea it makes this
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back heavy when lifting it off again
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it's not bad because this isn't heavy it
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just feels a little awkward on your
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wrists and this coupled with the cutout
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in the the rear which must sit perfectly
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flush with the resin pump it can be a
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tad annoying though it does have an
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optional vent hole if you wish to
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connect up an extractor or connect it to
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the Mars mate but well hopefully by now
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we've all seen what that capabilities
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are oh and you also need to have space
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somewhere to put this lid when you're
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working inside the machine the base
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chassis of this however is metal and
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love it or hate it but there's a big
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white stripe across the base of the
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printer in case you can't tell by my
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tone I'm not a fan but that's just its
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looks all of the power cables along with
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the USB port are on the side near the
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front for easyish Access but again I
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find it cheap when a brand bungs power
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sockets on the side just to save money
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on internal cables and boards but in
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this case there wouldn't be much space
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because this printer has a fat ass
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that's with a pH and that's in order to
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keep the components cool during
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operation this large angled part of the
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chassis is used to house the fans and
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vent hot air out of the printer printer
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the unit has some large rubbery feet
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something that other brands have really
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cheapened out for before I know you
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don't want me to talk about feet on a
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printer but when things go sliding
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across a tabletop yeah it matters the
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accessories box comes with the usual
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Affair of printer stuff like a potty
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knife a plastic scraper filters gloves
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and a cheap USB drive that I always
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recommend replacing and in my case the
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one that came with it took three
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attempts just to get the files off it
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onto my PC also in this box is El
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signature carbon filter unit and this
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plugs into one of the USB ports inside
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the machine and filters out all of the
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nasty smells you can get from more
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pungent
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resins and yes like in every review I
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could talk about the interface but it's
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typical elu at this point it's starting
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to look its age and it could do with a
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spruce up but it seems that elu are
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showing no signs of caring about this
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because again it works all the functions
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you need are there and it's in a clean
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and intuitive way so I suppose fine if
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it's not broke don't fix it and the
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other feature of this machine though
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this was also present on the original
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Jupiter is the resin feed pump you do
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need to install this yourself and again
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it looks and feels pretty cheap now in
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order to get this working you need to
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connect up the hoses to an end cap which
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fits in a very specific bottle type
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elgu's usual bottle type and well I
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don't have any of these bottles at
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present so I printed everything in this
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review using Frozen's Aqua 8K resin now
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unfortunately this means I didn't get to
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test the pump and honestly I'm glad look
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I'm sure it works and it will slowly
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pump resin in and out of the vat but
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I've never liked using these it's faster
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to just pour resin in and pour it out if
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it really matters to you then please
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watch another review I'm not using it
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they're horrible and they often leave
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crap dangling out the back of my
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printers which slowly drip feed resin
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all over my worktops and carpets now in
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your case you probably won't be moving
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the printer in and out of different
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spaces to make way for another that you
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need to review your PR printer will
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probably stay in place with a bottle
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attached even if it's empty for ages I
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hate them I hate them I hate them but
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that's me and my situation however yes I
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do understand that when trying to get
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resin out it's far easier to pump it
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than try to hold an empty bottle steady
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with a funnel and you slowly try to
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maneuver a large and heavy vat so you
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can pour it in so yes I can see it being
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useful here so I will talk about how it
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should work briefly basically you've got
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two pipes that come out and go into a
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custom lid and that lid only works on
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certain bottle types and those Lids also
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have a sensor in them to know when the
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bottles are full now that's good at
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least because I've had pumps from other
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brands and they keep filling resin into
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the bottle Beyond its capacity and that
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wasn't a fun cleanup and also one of the
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reasons why I hate them in order to
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install this it slots into the second
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USB port inside the printer and screws
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into place oddly the manual doesn't
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actually explain which of the many
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screws to use for this so I guessed it
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was the small silver ones and well it
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seems to be connected
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okay let's talk about something I do
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care about print quality well I'm
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actually super impressed to be honest
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despite its 51 Micron pixel size the
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resulting prints are really sharp and I
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expect that this is due to the cob light
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source that they've used matching the
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original Jupiter what you get here are
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Shar Prints but a drum I've banged for
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so long is that when you enable enough
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antialias saying an image blur you'll
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struggle to see any sign of Vox or lines
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on any printers anyway especially when
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printing big things but when it comes to
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small things it's the layer lines that
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are more obvious in Miniatures than
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voxal lines anyway and you can reduce
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these with a reduction in layer height
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in the printer settings I'm sure you'll
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agree when looking at these Miniatures
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they're hardly bad are they yes you can
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get smoother quality but it's smoother
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you're unlikely to be getting more
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details when looking at Wolverine for
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example this bust I always print for
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even things of this size it's good
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enough yes on some of my higher
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resolution printers I've owned you can
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see a micro level of detail in the top
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of the cowl giving it a slight leathery
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texture but as soon as I would apply any
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amount of paint that detail is
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completely gone at this scale so
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honestly does that extra detail even
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matter to
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you again I'll go back to it depends
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what you want to print and printers of
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this size are made for printing big
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things and this is where I need to show
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off the most beautiful model I have ever
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printed and if you've watched my videos
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before you'll know I'm a huge fan of
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black Forge games and I'm not sponsored
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to say this in any way guys just like
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with CA sculpts models I'm showing these
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because they're incredible I've printed
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every one of their previous sculps and
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my favorite is the very large Tangen
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sculp that they first released well that
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was until they released this this
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wallhanging display piece is Beyond
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incredible the mind of tenin is packed
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with intricate Detail no matter where
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you look even the wall bracket that
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you'll never see once it's mounted is
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packed with detail so even if you don't
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buy this printer I'm sure you want to
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buy one of these models and as I was
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saying when printing large stuff like
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this the Jupiter SE and its equivalent
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Siz printers are so incredibly useful to
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have it's just a shame here that the lid
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is so bluming awkward so in summary this
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is a great unit and I know I've said
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cheap enough times in this review to
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make you think I'm turning into a bird
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but this is elgu's approach to most
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products now their machines work and
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they produce decent results they aren't
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the sexiest or the most well-built but
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like all other elu models of late this
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has a nice balance of features at the
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most competitive price for what it has
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this is why so many people are buying
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elu machines and that breeds a larger
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user base that you're more likely to get
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support with on yours if you get stuck
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or get things wrong and again when
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looking at these don't expect small
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models to show the highest quality but
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if you know that and are after a printer
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to print big stuff or more little stuff
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at this quality level here has a decent
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and affordable option I really can't
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knock it like most but not all eligo
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printers it's not oh my god wow amazing
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but it does the job and it does it well
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bammer out
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