1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:05,520 I work at Creative Warehouse and when we heard about the UI printer, we knew we 2 00:00:04,080 --> 00:00:11,000 had to take a look at it. And even though it's a Kickstarter, let's take a look at what this could do. 3 00:00:11,280 --> 00:00:17,199 Oh, it's chunky. And what looks like the 4 00:00:14,400 --> 00:00:21,600 print bed that comes with it. And a nice little quick start guide and 5 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:25,920 a bed. Unlike FDM printers, UV printers will 6 00:00:24,080 --> 00:00:30,960 spray down an ink and then cure it almost instantly with a UV light. This 7 00:00:28,160 --> 00:00:35,200 one included. This particular model can do a bunch of different colors and print 8 00:00:33,360 --> 00:00:38,480 some depth and texture as well, which is part of why we're excited about it. 9 00:00:36,480 --> 00:00:41,440 Yuthi has been talking about a wide variety of different materials that 10 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:44,399 they're looking to unveil at one point or another, and I've seen some of the 11 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:49,200 prints in person, but I'm definitely looking forward to playing around with it myself. 12 00:00:47,440 --> 00:00:53,480 All right. Ah, there's another nice little uh surprise for us inside. 13 00:00:54,559 --> 00:01:02,480 well packed if nothing else. Looks like 14 00:00:59,520 --> 00:01:10,799 we got a bunch of cables, some UV glasses, power cable, 15 00:01:05,920 --> 00:01:13,600 a couple of ceramic test print pieces, 16 00:01:10,799 --> 00:01:18,000 and a charcoal filter, which as it is UV ink is pretty important cuz the VOCC's 17 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:21,280 can be a little bit nasty. Um claims that with this charcoal filter and the 18 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:25,360 setup that they have, this should be safe for indoors. We'll take a little 19 00:01:23,600 --> 00:01:30,400 bit of a dive into whether or not I can smell any of the UV inks, but as far as 20 00:01:28,400 --> 00:01:33,840 I've been able to see in the past, seems like they do a pretty good job, at least 21 00:01:32,079 --> 00:01:38,960 when things are closed up. So, we have our quick start guide, which appears to 22 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:40,799 be attached to a print surface. And 23 00:01:38,960 --> 00:01:44,400 this, I believe, is a tack mat for sticking your parts down to to put them 24 00:01:42,320 --> 00:01:49,119 into the printer. So, we also have a smaller tac mat for the integrated 25 00:01:47,439 --> 00:01:52,240 smaller bed where you can run it fully closed up. And then this would be for 26 00:01:50,799 --> 00:01:56,240 printing some of your printing on some of your bigger pieces that you'd have to 27 00:01:54,640 --> 00:02:00,719 run with the doors open. So it ships with the smaller bed in place. Just a 28 00:01:58,560 --> 00:02:04,479 little lever, take it off for when you can do uh really small things. There are 29 00:02:02,640 --> 00:02:09,840 several other attachments as well. Some for doing direct to a film uh as well as 30 00:02:07,600 --> 00:02:13,920 a rotary attachment for printing onto bottles or other round objects. This is 31 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:17,440 the ink that you're actually using as well as a cleaning cartridge kit that 32 00:02:15,920 --> 00:02:22,720 fits into it to make sure that things don't get clogged up when you aren't 33 00:02:18,959 --> 00:02:25,760 using it or just through general use. 34 00:02:22,720 --> 00:02:28,720 These are individual cartridges that'll 35 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:32,480 slide into the unit here. Uh, and these are replaceable. I believe they're 36 00:02:30,560 --> 00:02:37,680 looking at having larger tanks for at least some of them just to make swapping 37 00:02:34,879 --> 00:02:42,239 out less frequent, but that's still in the works. There's three white 38 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:44,400 cartridges, a gloss cartridge. The white 39 00:02:42,239 --> 00:02:47,360 is for doing backgrounds if you need to make sure that something pops if you're 40 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:51,040 printing on something transparent or with a different colored backer. And 41 00:02:49,120 --> 00:02:54,400 then the gloss gives a more shiny reflection on the final printed part. 42 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:58,640 I've seen mixed feedback on the gloss itself as as far as I've seen, the ink 43 00:02:56,720 --> 00:03:01,680 is fairly reflective, but depending on what you're trying to do, could work out 44 00:03:00,239 --> 00:03:06,879 pretty well. And this is your cleaning kit, which also stores used resin. We 45 00:03:04,720 --> 00:03:11,760 have another box to open up. Guess this is going to be your CMYK's. 46 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:16,480 Ah, there we go. That's more like the colors I was expecting. There's your 47 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:21,360 CMYK with a cleaning, a white, and a gloss. 48 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:24,480 I'm guessing this is a replacement kit, then. Now, these are out of their main 49 00:03:22,959 --> 00:03:30,000 boxes. Take a look through the quick start guide. There's a nice little uh 50 00:03:26,640 --> 00:03:32,000 foam piece to take off here. All righty. 51 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:36,560 That holds the print head in place. All right. Now that the packing foam for 52 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:42,280 shipping is taken out. Oh, there's a nice little sticker, too. 53 00:03:38,480 --> 00:03:42,280 Oh, I left a smoo. 54 00:03:43,760 --> 00:03:49,840 All right, next step is plug it in. From what I've seen online, the power up for 55 00:03:47,840 --> 00:03:53,920 this does take a bit, which isn't super surprising. Uh, and also the power down 56 00:03:52,480 --> 00:04:03,360 takes quite a while just to make sure that everything's clean and running properly. Power ports on my side. 57 00:04:00,159 --> 00:04:03,360 Is that you? 58 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:10,920 That was the noise I was actually waiting for. All right, so now it 59 00:04:07,120 --> 00:04:10,920 appears to be on. 60 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:19,040 Right, now that it sounds like all the configuration and startup is done, 61 00:04:15,920 --> 00:04:21,359 let's get the print ink modules 62 00:04:19,040 --> 00:04:24,160 installed. They do have convenient markings on all of them, so putting them 63 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:30,919 in the right place should be pretty straightforward. H I do enjoy the smell 64 00:04:26,960 --> 00:04:30,919 of UV ink in the morning. 65 00:04:32,560 --> 00:04:40,880 So, next up is the cleaning solution. So, that should be under this cartridge 66 00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:42,720 here. There are three protective caps. 67 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:47,120 Take those out. Now that I'm installing this section, it does say to wear gloves 68 00:04:44,479 --> 00:04:51,840 for all of it. As I stated before, most of the inks and stuff in here are not 69 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:59,759 terribly good for you. So, this has three little protective covers 70 00:04:54,320 --> 00:05:02,479 on it. And we just insert it in. 71 00:04:59,759 --> 00:05:06,800 Nice. It has informed me that I have done the 72 00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:14,520 thing. Oh. And then we have the filter to install. 73 00:05:10,639 --> 00:05:14,520 Ah, yes. There we go. 74 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:20,479 All right. It's pretty tight fit as I'd hope. Otherwise, it's not going to do a 75 00:05:18,160 --> 00:05:25,820 ton of filtering. Let's get this front cover back on. Close this up. And then 76 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:28,160 we are moving over to the app. 77 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:34,320 reminds you every time something's installed. Also, it reminds me about our 78 00:05:32,720 --> 00:05:37,919 sponsor. Thanks to Shopify for sponsoring this video. Shopify is a 79 00:05:36,160 --> 00:05:41,919 powerful commerce platform designed to help you start, grow, and manage your 80 00:05:39,919 --> 00:05:46,479 business with ease. 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Whether that's our network 96 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:49,520 issues or an issue with the device is hard to say, but we did have a bit of 97 00:06:47,840 --> 00:06:53,680 headaches with having to take out and reconnect some of the cartridges. But 98 00:06:51,919 --> 00:06:57,440 after we got it set up and connected to Ethernet here, it wasn't too bad to get 99 00:06:56,000 --> 00:07:01,360 the rest of it set up. And now we're into the initialization. 25m minute 100 00:06:59,440 --> 00:07:06,160 total time for initialization. Let's go. This will take 20 minutes. So we'll see 101 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:09,520 you in a bit. Roughly 20 minutes later, the ink is now injected and it's taking 102 00:07:08,160 --> 00:07:13,680 us through the rest of the installation steps. So we have to make sure that the 103 00:07:11,680 --> 00:07:19,759 flatbed and upper white film are installed. That would be this piece 104 00:07:16,240 --> 00:07:22,080 here. Pop this open. 105 00:07:19,759 --> 00:07:27,599 Take this off. Take off the protective film. Oo, satisfying. And slap that 106 00:07:24,960 --> 00:07:34,000 down. Nice little press. And let's install this back in. Check. Status. 107 00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:35,360 Takes about 60 seconds. 108 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:39,120 Setting up any printer like this is generally not a quick endeavor. So, this 109 00:07:37,520 --> 00:07:42,720 isn't anything that I wouldn't necessarily expect. Now, it's doing a 110 00:07:41,199 --> 00:07:45,919 test print. It says it'll take about 2 minutes. And to not interrupt this 111 00:07:44,400 --> 00:07:49,280 process, as far as I can tell, I believe it's just doing a nice a test layout to 112 00:07:48,080 --> 00:07:54,000 make sure none of the nozzles are clogged and everything's functioning as expected. We'll take it out, take a look 113 00:07:52,639 --> 00:07:58,000 at it, and then we can actually get to the real prints. Print looks done. Let's 114 00:07:56,319 --> 00:08:01,840 open it up and take a little look on the screen. It gives you examples of what 115 00:07:59,680 --> 00:08:06,080 good successful prints are and what cleaning required results are. Based off 116 00:08:04,400 --> 00:08:10,240 what I can see here, looks like all of the nozzles look good. It is now 117 00:08:08,800 --> 00:08:15,520 calibrating the camera, which will take a further 10 minutes. So, I'll see you 118 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:19,440 in about 10 minutes. Initialization's ready to go after a 119 00:08:17,759 --> 00:08:24,000 little bit of a mistake on my part. Let's get this paper off and we can 120 00:08:21,919 --> 00:08:28,960 start printing. There's the calibration for the printer for the camera. Pop this 121 00:08:26,479 --> 00:08:33,279 off and see where I accidentally took the paper off the first time. Pro tip, 122 00:08:31,199 --> 00:08:37,839 leave it on until it tells you to take it off. Learning from my mistakes. 123 00:08:36,080 --> 00:08:41,919 Taking a look through the app, it takes you through your first textured 3D 124 00:08:39,360 --> 00:08:48,959 print. So, I have chosen a nice little dragon. Plop mag down. 125 00:08:45,839 --> 00:08:51,360 Give it a little juzj. Close it up. 126 00:08:48,959 --> 00:08:54,880 Snapshot takes about 1 to 3 minutes. Please do not move the print bed or the 127 00:08:53,040 --> 00:08:58,480 material. Also, do not close this page or the lock screen. They really like to 128 00:08:56,800 --> 00:09:02,240 remind you to not let your phone go to sleep. Looks like it's scanning the 129 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:09,279 object that's placed down. I saw some like laser lines on it. And now I think 130 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:12,560 it's doing the optical camera alignment. 131 00:09:09,279 --> 00:09:16,200 So, that's nice and aligned. And 132 00:09:12,560 --> 00:09:16,200 I'll just hit start. 133 00:09:17,040 --> 00:09:22,480 And it's going. Looks like we're about 50% of the way done now. And I'm 134 00:09:21,120 --> 00:09:26,959 starting to see the colorations come through. It's looking pretty awesome. 135 00:09:25,040 --> 00:09:32,160 It's a bit difficult to capture because of the super reflective covers on it. 136 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:36,080 And since it is a UV light, we do want to keep it closed up, at least for now. 137 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:40,880 But I'm looking forward to seeing this done. Print just finished up. 13 minutes 138 00:09:38,480 --> 00:09:48,720 on the timer. That sounds about right. Let's take a little look. Oh, that's 139 00:09:44,080 --> 00:09:51,839 really on there. Oh, that is a gorgeous 140 00:09:48,720 --> 00:09:53,600 freaking print. And there's fair number 141 00:09:51,839 --> 00:09:58,320 fair bit of texture to it, too. One thing that I noticed pretty quickly, I 142 00:09:56,399 --> 00:10:02,320 did not align it perfectly. You can see some of the bleed off on the edge on the 143 00:10:00,880 --> 00:10:08,800 uh print bed. So, with that misalignment, there was some that printed onto the bed. This is a 144 00:10:05,839 --> 00:10:12,080 consumable piece. this cover. So, this can come off. We don't know what the 145 00:10:10,160 --> 00:10:15,760 pricing of this is, but as far as I've heard, it's supposed to be relatively 146 00:10:13,680 --> 00:10:18,560 cost effective. And if I had aligned this a little bit better on this 147 00:10:17,040 --> 00:10:24,399 particular piece, it wouldn't have been an issue. That said, this print turned 148 00:10:21,040 --> 00:10:27,040 out ridiculously good. For 13 minutes, 149 00:10:24,399 --> 00:10:31,839 this is super cool. And it is dry to the touch completely fine. It's a little bit 150 00:10:29,760 --> 00:10:35,839 tacky, but I think that's just the nature of the finished material and 151 00:10:34,160 --> 00:10:38,800 nothing that I wouldn't expect. You can see some of the layer lines on it, too. 152 00:10:37,440 --> 00:10:42,640 Now that I've gotten this first print done, I'm going to take this back to CW, 153 00:10:41,040 --> 00:10:46,800 run through a bunch more test prints, and then we'll have some more stuff to 154 00:10:44,079 --> 00:10:50,560 show you right now. Back at it. Now, we have a bunch of prints to look at. I did 155 00:10:48,240 --> 00:10:54,800 a wide variety of different materials, different shapes, different sizes. Even 156 00:10:52,399 --> 00:10:58,959 busted out the rotary axis, which I was quite impressed with. It worked really 157 00:10:56,480 --> 00:11:03,440 well, and the setup was simple. We'll do a quick little look at that. also even 158 00:11:01,120 --> 00:11:07,519 printed a screwdriver on a screwdriver because, you know, that's fun. Print 159 00:11:05,279 --> 00:11:11,120 sizes and print times vary wildly depending on what you're going to do. 160 00:11:09,200 --> 00:11:17,120 Anything from something like this, which takes about an hour and a half, down to 161 00:11:14,320 --> 00:11:21,200 a flat small piece that takes 3 minutes. And the cost and amount of ink consumed 162 00:11:19,279 --> 00:11:26,880 will also vary wildly depending on if you're doing large areas, small areas, 163 00:11:23,600 --> 00:11:29,200 and texture. Texture definitely consumes 164 00:11:26,880 --> 00:11:32,959 quite a bit, but the biggest print that we did in the most consumption was this, 165 00:11:31,040 --> 00:11:36,880 which is a flat piece, but it's just a very large area. So, your mileage will 166 00:11:35,279 --> 00:11:42,320 vary quite a bit depending on exactly what you're trying to do. But, as far as 167 00:11:39,519 --> 00:11:46,000 I've seen, it's extremely capable in essentially every area that I've tried 168 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:49,600 to use it. Definitely looking forward to showing these prints and parts to the 169 00:11:47,760 --> 00:11:53,680 other Creative Warehouse team members to start ideulating what we can use it for 170 00:11:51,600 --> 00:11:57,200 for our workflows. Looking a little more closely at some of the prints, the phone 171 00:11:55,360 --> 00:12:01,279 case with our Trust Me Bro Guarantee sticker came out really well. When I set 172 00:11:59,279 --> 00:12:05,120 this to high detail, the granularity was definitely a lot better. I noticed on 173 00:12:03,040 --> 00:12:09,680 some of the other prints there was a bit of graininess on some of them, but this 174 00:12:07,360 --> 00:12:13,440 one came out super well. If you want to add textures to your parts, you can 175 00:12:11,200 --> 00:12:17,600 either import your own or you can use their built-in machine learning or AI 176 00:12:15,760 --> 00:12:23,600 tool to generate a texture map, which uses some of their tokens that you get a 177 00:12:21,200 --> 00:12:29,200 certain amount of every month. I used their AI generator for this Lionus face, 178 00:12:26,399 --> 00:12:33,519 and I was impressed with how well and how much detail it was able to get on 179 00:12:31,360 --> 00:12:37,519 his face, both within like his mouth being sunk in and his hair texturing 180 00:12:35,519 --> 00:12:41,680 really coming out. One instance of the texture not working quite as well as you 181 00:12:39,600 --> 00:12:45,839 might hope is with transparent objects and for some metallics. So this 182 00:12:43,680 --> 00:12:49,920 transparent screwdriver that I did, it definitely didn't capture the depths 183 00:12:47,760 --> 00:12:53,200 correctly, which I don't blame it. Capturing transparent and metallic 184 00:12:51,440 --> 00:12:56,480 objects in general is quite difficult for systems like this. And this would be 185 00:12:54,800 --> 00:13:01,040 a good application for being able to import your own texture map would work 186 00:12:58,959 --> 00:13:04,720 quite well. But it still made it look really nice. So I printed these on the 187 00:13:02,800 --> 00:13:10,000 sticker paper. Let's see how well it peels off. Also, I may not have done 188 00:13:06,720 --> 00:13:12,639 this perfectly correctly to be fair. 189 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:15,760 Actually came off. Came off pretty well. Little bit of 190 00:13:14,160 --> 00:13:21,279 extra material, but I imagine that's fairly easy to get off. I'm sure that 191 00:13:18,639 --> 00:13:25,279 this could be done better than I did. It all right, that was that was pretty 192 00:13:22,800 --> 00:13:30,800 easy. Overall, I'm very impressed with the usability, how simple, and how just 193 00:13:28,320 --> 00:13:36,240 plugandplay this printer is. It is still a Kickstarter/preorder, 194 00:13:33,360 --> 00:13:41,440 so be careful. If you do decide to pre-order, the printer itself is about 195 00:13:38,320 --> 00:13:44,160 $2,500 US, and you can get multiple 196 00:13:41,440 --> 00:13:49,279 add-ons that could bring it up to 3,800. Each ink cartridge is 43 US per. And if 197 00:13:47,680 --> 00:13:54,000 you get the bundle pack with all of the ink cartridges and the cleaning pack, 198 00:13:51,200 --> 00:13:58,399 it's about 300 USD. I'm really excited to see what we can make use of this in 199 00:13:56,000 --> 00:14:03,040 our workflows and I look forward to seeing how well UI supports it and I 200 00:14:01,279 --> 00:14:06,560 look forward to you like commenting and subscribing to ShortCircuit. If you 201 00:14:04,880 --> 00:14:10,560 like this video, check out one of the other 3D printers that I unboxed.