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This is a compilation of suggested tools and resources for 3D printing; there’s more to it than just buying the printer and taking it out of the box.

Digital Tools

  • https://www.chitubox.com/

    • A free-to-use pre-processing and slicing program. I’ve found it to be much more robust and user-friendly than the slicing software provided by Anycubic. It’s not perfect, but it’s good at what it does.

Physical Tools

General use

  • Nitrile gloves

    • Whichever size, brand, and color you like. These are a must for handling liquid resin and unwashed prints.

    • These are single-use, disposable items. Once you get them dirty with uncured resin, throw them out. You’ll go through a lot of these, depending on how much printing you do.

  • Pickle jarLOCK & LOCK Pickle Container

    • These locking leak-proof containers are designed with their own internal basket. They are perfect for creating your own resin rinsing stations. I have one each for water (for water-washable resin) and isopropyl alcohol.

    • ⚠ Safety Notice ⚠ Once you use these for resin rinsing vats, that’s it. DO NOT use them for anything else after that (especially food storage).

  • Isopropyl alcohol (IPA) (minimum 90%)

    • Essential for rinsing resin prints. Even if you use water-washable resin, a final swish in IPA is recommended.

  • Plastic Spatulas

    • While I recommend using a large metal putty knife for removing prints from the build plate, these are good to have on hand for scraping remaining resin off of the build plate, and gently scraping the bottom of the resin vat, or using to mix/agitate the resin in the vat. The rounded edges and soft plastic are less prone to scrape and damage the FEP film.

  • Silicone funnel and stainless steel strainer

Maintenance and Repair

  • Precision Driver Kit

    • This kit has all of the hex bits you’ll need for performing maintenance on the Anycubic Photon, and then some: The flex shaft makes it easier to reach some of the hidden screws for more intense maintenance. Having tweezers and spudgers with dedicated slots in the storage box keeps everything together and handy. You really can’t have too many spudgers or tweezers.

  • Electronics Repair Kit

    • This particular kit has a fantastic assortment of the various things you’ll need:

      • Spudgers (lots of different kinds)

      • Antistatic tweezers (three)

      • 2mm double-sided tape (essential if/when you need to replace the LCD screen in your printer)

  • Magnetic screw tray

    • Often overlooked, but essential for keeping screws together when doing repairs.

Printer Parts

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