Upgrade your Sonic Mini 4k

With our digital upgrade kit, you buy the upgrade hardware and we supply everything else. Software enhancements, print files and lots of win!

June 13, 2022

What's a "Digital Upgrade Kit"?

If you've landed here you're probably looking for a way to upgrade your Phrozen Sonic Mini 4k 3d resin printer. Well you've come to the right place! I've spent a year upgrading this thing to print the way it was supposed to in the first place. It was really more about salvaging my investment and learning a few things in return.

Why not supply all the parts?

Instead of supplying the logistics and all the parts in a traditional "kit" form (more energy than I wanted to expend) I instead supply the STL's for the base extender, the STL of the arm and the Bill of Materials  with detailed instructions. The rough cost of the kit is approximately ~$100-$160 depending on the exchange rate with the UK. A large part of the upgrade price is the rail that comes from Simon Jackson. I have it the BOM set to it's highest price I have seen. It should be cheaper now Post-Brexit and the dollar is performing better.

Here is the list from the BOM and the approximate costs.

Purchase the Kit $45

The charge via Paypal will come from my business Visual Inventor

What's included in the "kit"

  1. STL for the new arm (this makes the machine 182mm tall)
  2. STL for the case extender
  3. STL for the drill guide so the holes for the new rail are in the right spot
  4. STL for the new endstop
  5. *Optional STL for the Nema17 extender - if you don't want to cut the threaded rod - if the one you purchased was too short.
  6. SVG for the screen gasket to even out the screen
  7. SVG of a vat drip arm
  8. Test print STL to measure before and after
  9. GCode to get the machine printing more quickly - see the YouTube demo here. Currently only version 3 of the firmware is supported. You can get this machine to print at 480mm/min!!
  10. The Bill of Materials
  11. Detailed Instructions for all the steps.
  12. Fan upgrade with  voltage reducer or diode. (Must purchase Noctua fan)
  13. Satisfaction you made this machine print better than Phrozen could

Example instructions. The quality and "features" of some of the STL's

Purchase the Kit $45

The charge via Paypal will come from my business Visual Inventor

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