Best tool in the world to remove prints....

If you are doing resin printing and don't have one of these....



... get one. I got one some time ago but keep using the razor blade tool above and it worked but once I tried the palette knife I doubt I'll ever use the razor blade tool again.

You can find them many places got mine ( HERE ) and worth every penny. I can remove prints in seconds now where sometimes I struggled for a few minutes.

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I have the plastic razor blade scraper. it is an invaluable tool I highly recommend, it does an excellnt job on PLA removal, resin I wouldnt know.

 

Elegoo printers come with a nice metal-bladed tool, works pretty good in most situations. However, I can see how the Italian palate knife would do better in getting under support pads.

 

I tried the palette knife and broke mine, it snapped at the thin bit . Maybe it was a cheap version, dunno. But I use the plastic razor and been very happy with that. The scrappers that come with the printer, both plastic and metal are too thick to do a good job for me.

By the way, to stir the resin in the vat (I never empty mine, even after months) a silicone spatula works great, it's super soft and will not scratch the fep film.

 

+1 on both. I have three vats, right now each contains a particular resin, each covered and sitting in a tray in a rack I built just for them:



The middle tray's vat has a home-made vat cover, bit of thin plywood with a self-stick window gasket seal. The extra vats came with nice form-fitting covers. I put the rack in my printer cabinet, all sits nicely in the corner on a cheap microwave stand we've threatened to throw out a couple of times, but it always finds a last-minute use...

 

I don't try and pry the print off. Since it is so thin it slides under any of the edges. I then saw it back and forth around the print leaving it flat. Took a print off the other day where the raft for the supports was ...



... more than half the size of the build plate.

Yep

I do also and think it was maybe you who put me onto it some months ago .

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ive been using long handle plastic razor blades for print removal for almost 5-6 years now. never wanna scratch my plate with metal on metal. if you have your base layers set right there is no need for a heavy duty metal tool like that. light touch in a corner with the plastic on a 45' edge of the raft and it literally can fly off, but usually they just slide off the place with a little pressure.

 

Thanks for the input but...

... I wouldn't call the tool 'heavy duty' . The blade is very thin and I haven't noticed any damage or scaring to the build plate at all. Lifts the corner of the print a lot better/easier than the plastic razor blade I was using and then slides along under the print flat. Just put it out there since I like it so much but we all have to use what we are comfortable with.

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