Hey guys, I was contacted a while back by a Start Up company called Eibos… or maybe
Eibos or Eibos… make your own mind up, but I’ll still with Eibos.
Anyway, they asked if I’d look over their 3 in 1 wash, dry & cure machine, and as I
love gadgets, I jumped at the chance.
It looks deceptively simple, just a smooth black box.
It comes with 2 hoses and a small box to keep your sandwiches in.
The hoses attach as you’d imagine.
The lid hinges and inside we can see rows of LEDs and an impeller.
So it’s obvious this is where everything takes place.
It can wash with IPA or water, and I opted for water on this occasion as I had this bottle
of Water Wash Resin Plus from Anycubic to try.
The one thing it doesn’t come with is a container to hold the liquid, and you’ll
need something quite large.
I borrowed this off another wash and cure machine, so ignore the impeller at the bottom.
I added 3 litres of ordinary water, made sure the hoses were nicely positioned at the bottom,
and then realised I hadn’t printed anything to wash yet.
So I quickly turned to Thingiverse and found this fabulous Iron Man support free print,
which I shrank to 75mm tall and added a base to.
Now I opted to use the Anycubic Mono 4K for a very specific reason.
If you aren’t aware, Anycubic are having a Fan Festival this week and they’ve got
some great deals on a few selected printers, including this one which I’ve reviewed before.
It’s not a big printer, but at 35 microns on the xy, it prints fabulous details and
is ideal for small prints like miniatures and jewellery designs.
Now folks are always saying to me, “I’m new to 3D printing, which printer should I
buy?”
Well this Mono 4K is just $200 right now and it’s a great little printer.
So I’ll include links in the description if it interests you.
I ran a quick test print on the Mono 4K using the Water Wash Resin Plus, and the settings
from Anycubics website.
And look at that.
That’s a nice sharp print.
This resin looks very promising.
Once my 3 inch Iron Man was printed, I finally got to play with the Eibos.
You don’t get much easier than this.
You put the print in the machine and then you press start.
And to make this video footage even more exciting, that’s it.
It just gets on with everything else.
Initially it sucks water or IPA inside, and washes your print with enthusiasm.
I can’t show you any of this, as the lid needs to be down for it to work.
You have a choice of low medium or high liquid level, to reflect the size of your print.
I went with medium and this used 3 litres of water, which gets sucked in and out twice
in four minutes, which is more action than I’ve seen for a while now.
Once washed, the water is effortlessly pumped out and the distinctive sound of iron man
being blown by fans can be heard.
It sounds like a hair dryer, but much quieter.
This went on for 12 minutes to thoroughly dry the print.
Then the fans stopped and a thin purple light appeared.
I tried a sneaky look under the lid but it wouldn’t let me satisfy my voyeuristic urges.
But still, we can see the UV’s doing their job.
And once complete, there it is, washed, dried and cured.
Now this was never a high detail print, but it’s come out great.
That really was simple.
As with all print wash systems it seems, the print does get banged about a bit.
You can see this particularly around the base.
It doesn’t seem to be damaged, but it could use a coat of primer.
In fairness, the Eibos has a plastic tray which I would think less likely to cause damage
than a metal one.
However, the mesh could probably do with being a little smaller.
The control panel is incorporated into the lid and uses touch screen buttons.
It’s very responsive and works well.
I think I’d prefer to see the controls on the front, but I can live things as they are.
So the real question is, do I like it?
Actually, I love it.
It’s an amazing gadget.
It makes a normally messy process delightfully simple, and that has got to be a good thing.
I can’t see it being much use on large prints, but for an ordinary sized printer it should
cope well.
Just shove in the print, press start and forget about it.
This really is the next generation and wash and curing.
I understand it will be launched on 15th July and stock will be limited, so I’m letting
you know now.
When I have links, I’ll add them to the description.
I’m told the super early price will be $110 and the early bird price $140, both plus shipping
of course.
After that, I’m not sure.
But to be honest and those prices, I can see them selling out quickly and I’d prefer
my viewers to get them – hence this quick video.
So there you have it, the start, I suspect, of a new type of wash and cure machine.
Well done Eibos for having the ingenuity to come up with it.
I hope you do well.
So that’s it for this video guys.
Take care and thanks for watching.