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I like the stream of thoughts/conciousness vibe this video has. So if you did more of this, I'd watch it. Always good stuff you put out.

"Sorry bout the swearing, by the way. Really f'ing sorry about that." That got a good chuckle out of me. Great video, and good suggestions for the manufacturer. Keep up the good work, man!

Im a simple man, i see a OnceInASixSide video i upvote then watch

For the power supply it's critical that you check the plug polarity as well as the voltage. Also the factory plug is an earthed EU type, not US but WGAF.

As someone who has no printing experience, and waiting for the right time to buy a printer (need to move into a bigger space) i love this type of freeform video. No scripts, no staring at a face for x number of minutes, no clips of stock video while with voiceover. Great stuff, i forsee this channel blowing up.

"Sorry about the swearing." Friend you do you. That's why I watch your content. Feels more like an actual person doing reviews and talking about printing topics over many others. Keep it up man!

This style of video has major "hanging out with a friend in his garage while he shows me something neat" vibes. I'm here for it, keep them coming.

This video was in my recommended even though I don't print minis and no longer have a resin printer. It was so engaging that I didn't even realize that it was an hour video. I'd say your format is successful. I stayed for the entirety!

I believe a happy medium between pre full time OIASS and current would hit a fantastic sweet spot. Relatable and professional. I wish you luck my friend!

With the hingey-door not having the hardware on it already. Id say that that has to do with the fear it jostling during transit and the lid hardware cracking or breaking the door itself. But being part of the "Just Remove The Lid," gang, id like to just remove the lid

I gotta say i didn't realise you were swearing until you pointed it out 😅

Awesome to see people agree. Speed doesn't matter and more vat to clean sucks. Give me more flip lids and let us use any resin we want

I didn't realise you were swearing! From my time travelling from Perth to Darwin up the West Coast of Australia, I thought you were just speaking Australian. XD

I gotta say that when I normally see a video which is a hour long I don't watch it, but somehow you mange to make a review more intersting then some gaming videos. Of course you gotta have an interest in this, but I doubt that I could endure somebody else talk for an hour about one sigular machine, so props to you. Doesn't mean I don't like your scripted videos but these are also fun ;)

Well if it means anything, this video is the reason I subbed to you. I enjoyed the off the cuff casual way you spoke about things and you were open with your frustrations. The most refreshing part was that you also followed up your annoyances with ways they could fix it! Great video.

I appreciate the style of this video and while I'm not in the market for new printers, it's nice to see which way the industry is leaning when it comes to new features that may or may not become standard in the future.

Keep the Aussie nature coming, great attitude towards the printing and hobby! Keep up the good work.

Great video. Thanks for the unfiltered review. You are saying what we all would be saying, and it is refreshing. Loving your content and mission to get quality support in the customers' hands.

sunlu toughness has been my goto resin for mini printing. Much cheaper than mixing abs-like + flexible resin but so much more durable than standard resin. My prints don't instantly shatter from falling on my carpet.

I have to live voyeuristically threw these videos, I don't have the space, ventilation , or the time to get into 3d printing just yet, so I do love these quick reviews.

I think your criticism of auto-fill is from a consumer perspective, but remember, the higher end of printers is intended for use by on demand medical manufactuerers, where pausing the print is not feasible due to the volume of prints. Auto fill is not intended for us consumers.

I really appreciate all of the work you put into your video's and the way you analyze the products you review. Keep up the good work and much love!

Honestly, I am happy for you that you first reviewed Nova3D. Now you can open GKTwo and enjoy what proper resin printer should be. Also, you will see what little difference there is between 14K (that isn't real 14K and even pixels aren't squared...) and 8K (GKTwo has 12K option, but there is not need for it)

the free form quick unboxing was pretty good, then comes the more in depth review later, very nice

Good video, one thing that I disliked was the sort of bobbing and weaving of the camera. It made me a little sick from motion sickness. Been loving the content though and your honesty in reviews!

I enjoyed the more relaxed vibe of this video. It was long but it didn't feel drawn out. Its cool seeing videos on the 3d printers that the manufacturers are sending you because it shows what's out there other than just the basic formula that most people including myself have (or at least it has recently). I also REALLY value your input on the properties of the resins you use in your videos because I've been trying to find the right tough resin for printing minis and have been having a weirdly hard time figuring out the differences between the ones I've been looking at. I've been planning on getting the sunlu toughness resin you showed in this video and would be really interested in knowing how you found it compared to others you've used. Overall I've been really happy to see all the new videos you've been making and I'm considering joining the buy me a coffee for a month or two for the print and paints as they seem like a really fun way to spend some time with the community.

Keep smashing it dude. I can't currently be a supporter monetarily at the moment but looking at everything you offer as part of your community is absolutely awesome dude keep it up!

Weekly uploads - what an absolute mad lad 🎉

Love your videos especially these recent, more free-form ones. As an aside I am a big fan of Sunlu's ABS like. I use a Creality Halot One Pro for what it is worth :)

I think the focus on features like 'fast' printing and auto-filling vats are targeted at more pro/semi-pro print farms, rather than hobbyists. Cause yeah, as you said, it doesn't really matter to you how long a print takes, and this makes it _way_ more annoying to switch resin. But if you are someone selling mini prints on etsy, you are just buying the same resin over and over in bulk, so there's no swapping and minimal vat cleaning. And faster prints means more income per printer. Tho the 'fast' resin seems so brittle that IDK if etsy sellers would use it either, it looks like anything printed with it would shatter in transit.

@OnceinaSixSide I dont resin print, I dont play any sort of miniatures or wargaming yet somehow your videos have appeal. The humour, the honesty, the enthusiasm all round creates an ejoyable viewing experience. Keep up the good work!

I much prefer these longer in-depth videos to any type of shorter “here’s why you should buy this” advert.

This is a great format tbh! I love it, although the insane "I'VE FOUND SOMETHING TERRIBLE" cliffhanger made me feel like I'm in an aussie telenovella

I like long form reviews like this.

You were just in my ear for the whole video. It was more like a podcast and j enjoyed it.

Only one small thing about volts/amps and power draw: Most devices like this will draw variable amounts of power. The machine will turn on, but it might fail (and in a way that could screw it up) when it goes to run the motors, LCD, and LEDs. Make sure you've got the right voltage and _at least_ the required amperage. Someone else mentioned polarity and while you should doublecheck that the barrel plug matches the printer's power port, that's basically been standardized over the years. It'd be pretty weird for the polarity to be reversed.

Thanks for the video. I was hoping for a comparative analysis of the Sunliu Tough compared to the other tough resin you used last time.

really enjoyed this it was so nice and down to earth felt like I was listening to a friend talk about his printer

@OnceinaSixSide, I love all ur videos man, if I look for a video, I look for a long one, I need the in depth ones. I found ur channel by finding ur resin 3d printing tuturial. All the videos I found were never explaining anything. Hell, I didnt even know about exposure range until I watched it. 20 mins videos dont help. That video was so helpful. I am ashamed to admit it but I sold my printer because I thought it was broken, now I suspect it was either the temperature, the supports or the exposer. I only got 3 prints out of it! Then sold it for parts. Whoops. Also, your minirater website is amazing!

To be fair you only need to use one Nova bottle of resin and you can just fill it up with whatever resin you like afterwards.

If they had installed the hinges on the door/lid, you never would have gotten out the foam block.

Love this type of live-like reviews. Makes it feel more real. Can't wait to see what you think about GKtwo!

I wonder if the residue on the plate was just cutting fluid from the machining process. Either way how much did they save by not washing before packaging🙄

Enjoyed the chill podcast vibe! Just a bit long. :) getting it under 30mins would be perfect

Love you big guy! Stil the best 3d printing KZfaqr

Ok, as an opener to a printer this was positively thorough. Maybe in a month or two time of constant use you can do an update in that time as well for corrections, issues etc.... Loved this video!

Love your content. Always entertained. Keep crushing.

can’t overstate how great the discord is, such a cool community to be part of

Not a wargamer, but enjoyed the review. Just stumbled across the video - if we can ever just stumble across anything these days. keep up the good work. I have a M3Max with auto filler, I have used it twice, just too awkward to use - cable & tubes too short to be able to move the bottle from the rear to the side. Plus in the UK during winter the resin in the bottle is too cold to add to the tank. Currently printing over night - temp outside is -4C, in the shed it's 3C and my printer cabinet enclosure is heated to 24C, with a vat heater on the vat fitted, and a bottle heater on the spare resin bottle for resin top ups. Oh the fun of 3D printing in the winter. It's FFFFFFFFF Freezing

Amazing video! Love your work as always man!

Love your videos and your energy!!

26:33 you, of all people just said "assume" & "level" in the same sentence - and you were my mentor...😢

"So this thing is blowing out nice hot air. That's super cool." Is that like saying "This vacuum really sucks"?

Interesting printer. Companies really, really need to stop with proprietary tech on these to force an ecosystem. Ive had anycubic, sunlu, and creality resin printers but ive always fallen back to Sunlu resin. Damn though, $900+ is steep when you look at the competition. Dont know if i could justify this over an elegoo for vastly cheaper.

Hey man, Love the stuff and once again it is hard to hear you are also a part of the recent lay off wave. I hope you're doing well and got enough Money in the bank to stay afloat.

Got the GKtwo myself and its the best printer on market for me.

I adore your vids, swearing doesn't bother us at all (and if it does they aren't real ppl lol) Thanks for doing your thing and sharing

I liked the format! Might be nice to include the name of the printer either in the title or at least in the description, so that people looking for this particular printer can find it better.

In the event you've not been around commercial or industrial printers, a lot of the 'new' features we're now seeing on consumer printers are dribble-down features that have been around awhile, albeit done quite a bit cheaper on these class of machines. Heaters, water-cooled electronics and actual usable feed pumps (that are micro-controlled with active detection rather than filled like a gimmicky dog bowl bottle or don't take 20 minutes to pump out a small vat) are pretty standard fare on commercial rigs. To my current knowledge with regards to Chinesium resin factories, there's four major producers of photopolymers, a few in Korea and Taiwan, and a handful between the US and Europe (mostly engineering grades or private label). Any large printer with self-branded resin comes from one of the four Asian factories, normally in the same plant as a competitor's. Machines and key parts are also shared between brands, especially control boards, LCD screens and to a point, chassis components. SLA/LCD-based resin printers are a rather small, concentrated ecosphere with unfortunately little true individuality, as by and large there's not much to differentiate different machines other than aesthetics due to who makes mainboards, controls the software, etc. outside of customized add-on software.

As an Australian I don't even notice the swearing until you pointed it out. Also, the fluid on the build plate could be residue cutting fluid or cleaning agent.

Resin fillers are nice if you are like me and only print with one type of resin. I use elegoo 8k resin for my gktwo and anycubic mono 6k. But yes cleaning the system out after a failed print would be a nightmare. That being said I do like the idea of a pump that drains resin from a large vat (I've had too many spills tipping a heavy resin vat after a failed print) with a filter (to filter out misprints). But again this would only work if you use one type of resin.

Im here for the hands

I like the stream of consciousness impression video personally. Makes me feel like its a bit more honest

they could improve the hinge situation on the Nova3D by making that t-shape bracket trick on the inside longer, then the lid would tilt back further on opening and be less likely to fall forward again. Or make the hinges stiffer. .

Resolution is useless because it needs to scale with the size of the printer. Past a certain point it’s entirely idiotic to increase resolution. 14k on this printer doesn’t really mean anything.

Need to echo the comments about the camera motion. Was a lot of bobbing and moving around and made it really hard to watch.

I don't mind the swearing, it makes everything more real.

Regarding the power cable, my understanding is there are basically only a handful (relatively speaking) of power supply sizes being made. When I got my printer, it used a US plug (that is where I bought it) but I needed an EU plug. I went to a hardware store and they had a bin just of cords for that power supply to EU.

hey that residue you thought was resin was very likely just machining oil. when you're machining a part you use oil as a lubricating and cooling medium to ensure smooth cuts and to avoid tempering of certain metals. thanks for the video regardless bud

I JUST bought a uniformation GKTwo and I can't wait for your review/ video on it omg.

Awesome content ❤

Not a fan of the standard fep being there, pfa (nfep) is superior in nearly all properties (marginally more expensive). But it is a minor issue to replace usually. As for the faster print speeds. The biggest time consumer for resing printing is z rail distance, speed and accuracy. With more precise motors, better linear rails (the ball screws becoming more common is a good change), variable exposure slicing and temperature controlled vats (rather than enclosures); we should see a dramatic increase in speed at the same quality.

I agree with the 10:00 ish, there is no need for fancy sheets for faster printing with these, especially for home use. It's not like it is FDM that could take 20+ hours for one terrain piece. Also, thanks for the warning to hold near the end.

Good stuff! I have an Anycubic Mono 6ks and a Kobra 2 neo on the way can't wait to start printing

It's funny because, to me, having to put it together is a pro. If it comes preassembled, I'm just gonna take it apart and put it back together anyway to have a baseline for future repairs.

I love your Australian nature; the swearing doesn't bother me at all.......... but. Every time you drop something on the FEP in the vat or but it down on your bench, FEP-to-wood, my heart drops.

As for feed back love these long form video. Just for clarity I am only here since after the poorhammer podcast so havn't been here too long. I would like to have seen more close ups of your prints and maybe even compare them to others? Otherwise great and nice to see my name there at the end of the video :) hope you make this your full time job :) good luck :)

..i still use a old machine. 6 hour print times are fine overnight. its never been a big deal.

the counter-shrunk screws would probably fit better in the hinge

I feel like resin slicer makers need to go look at fdm slicers to get some of these convenience features.

The hinge thing seems a bit whiny.

Once again campaigning for you to print a gundam from rockyq mecha addict ❤ awesome vid

Kinda wished you'd done the other one first as waiting on more reviews for that😂. But great video none the less.

Hearing an Aussie say Zee instead of Zed is weird to my American ears. Used to you guys being wrong 😉

After Midwinter Minis and Fauxhammer did their video of the GK2 I've been thinking about it a lot, specifically because it's a supposed to be easy to setup (unlike this mess). I'm very curious what you think of it as that will definitely impact my decision. Looking forward to your review.

Some might say if you don’t like being exposed to resin residue, using a resin printer (no matter which brand) is going to be a bad idea.

Been resin printing now for a few months and I've never spun my build plate tension knob like that. There are some WIFI devices that can be sensitive to having special characters in your password or SSID. My Qidi iMates printer has this issue as well as some devices from Arlo my father installed on his network.

You do have check if the power plug is positive center or not

This machine seems like it was a prototype that they disassembled and sent over

I enjoyed the longer format, but I had some time to run in the background, usually I am a less than 10 minute sort of guy … who isn’t 😋

I prefer the impromptu vids, they're more enjoyable and funny.

Have you ever tested the monocure tensile resin considering it's a australian product? Cant find any reviews on it , probably because it's on the more expensive side.. love your content btw, cheerz

GKTwo all the way

1:25 That looks like a EU powercord, not a US one.

Have you ever tried Epax printers? They are all I ever used. Pretty high quality machines.

I definitely preferred the more scripted videos from the recent past, to these newer off the cuff videos. Keep up the good work though, its a hard road.

Swearing just makes it more authentic to me. I hate bleeps in videos, I find it distracting. I’m also an east coast Canadian so we swear a lot as well lol. Trailer park boys is pretty accurate

They can level a bed out of factory but they can't attach a lid? If I could build shit I wouldn't need a machine that made shit!

I am wondering why you don't have a uvtools calibration file earmarked for these times. I have started using it on my elegoo printer for new resins I haven't dialed in yet? I usually have it do a cones print in .1 increments from 1.9-2.9 in one print taking about 2 hours. I also have profiles for lower and higher values loaded to try if needed.