Anycubic Photon P1 Max: a large-format resin printer put to the test
Desktop resin printers often fall short when you want to print a life-size helmet or a big batch of parts. The Anycubic Photon P1 Max tries to solve that, and the review from 3DWork is one of the most thorough I have read about it.
The main figures: a build volume of 285.5 x 214 x 300 mm (18.3 liters), nearly three times that of the standard Photon P1, and a 14-inch 12K monochrome screen with 24.8-micron pixels. It has a C7 ball screw with linear rails on the Z axis, a 3.5 kg steel build plate, a Wave Release film, and a heated 1.9-liter tank that holds up to 40 degrees and works with resins up to 8,000 cps.
During the reviewer's tests, there were no print failures caused by the machine itself over several weeks. Adhesion stayed consistent across the whole plate, fine textures such as folds or feathers came out well, and there was no visible difference in curing between the center and the corners.
The drawbacks are clear too. The steel plate is heavy and its flat surface collects resin, the lid lets smells escape without an active extractor, the monitoring camera is 640x480 and looks orange, and large-format washing and curing stations are expensive. When something fails, the resin wasted is also greater.
In short, the P1 Max delivers what it promises and suits cosplayers, prop makers and batch production. It is not the best choice if you mainly print miniatures, have little space, or are using resin for the first time. The author notes that Anycubic lent the machine and that this did not influence the content.
Source: 3DWork
The main figures: a build volume of 285.5 x 214 x 300 mm (18.3 liters), nearly three times that of the standard Photon P1, and a 14-inch 12K monochrome screen with 24.8-micron pixels. It has a C7 ball screw with linear rails on the Z axis, a 3.5 kg steel build plate, a Wave Release film, and a heated 1.9-liter tank that holds up to 40 degrees and works with resins up to 8,000 cps.
During the reviewer's tests, there were no print failures caused by the machine itself over several weeks. Adhesion stayed consistent across the whole plate, fine textures such as folds or feathers came out well, and there was no visible difference in curing between the center and the corners.
The drawbacks are clear too. The steel plate is heavy and its flat surface collects resin, the lid lets smells escape without an active extractor, the monitoring camera is 640x480 and looks orange, and large-format washing and curing stations are expensive. When something fails, the resin wasted is also greater.
In short, the P1 Max delivers what it promises and suits cosplayers, prop makers and batch production. It is not the best choice if you mainly print miniatures, have little space, or are using resin for the first time. The author notes that Anycubic lent the machine and that this did not influence the content.
Source: 3DWork
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