check your starting and end gcode in the machine settings.

that sir, is Under extruding. increase your extruding multiplier. usualy begins at 1 increase by .05 or .1 till its corrected.

these all look pretty good, the N2 got pretty great quality from the reviews ive seen, the taz 6 is the most open source printer out there with tons of community support, the ultimaker is probably one of the highest rated industrial use printers next to the taz 6, they are pretty comparable since they both use 3mm filament. they are all close in price. imo if you dont plan on going with new filament or the hassle of swapping a 3mm to a 1.75 (taz 6 only) id go with the N2 solely because its already in an enclosure so printing abs and keeping the fumes at a minimum, has a very nice touchscreen and is built pretty good. thats just my opinion.

you can do one or 2 things, you can instead of printing them hollow print them solid, that should increase str, otherwise you want to look for Tough resin, theres alot out there but finding the right one thats compatible with your photon will be a challenge.

looks like over extrusion, the community calls those blobs pimples usually caused by over extrusion or too high a temp, what filament are you using? this site gives help with that sort of issue https://www.simplify3d.com/preventing-blobs-on-3d-print/ you may be able to use some of their tips to incorporate them into matter control

so in the cura profile at the start code i remove everything and put this in?
G28 ; home all axes
M104 S[temperature]

and the same for the end code?

M104 S0 ; turn off temperature
G28 Z0
G28
M84 ; disable motors

is there anything else thats needed? thanks for the help scott

Does anyone have a working tuned pulse cura profile? As much as I’d like to use mattercontrol for slicing. Cura just has a more robust set of options and better support options. Just want to slice it in cura and print the gcode from MC (or if it’s even possible to print from cura)

i believe your SD card has to be formatted in the fat 32 format for the card to be read. check it out or format it in fat 32 and try it out

oh i forgot to ask, how does the part cooler work? is it a one direction cooling or does it cool in all directions?

yea i don't think I'll be printing nylon anytime soon, plus i'll need a different build plate for that anyways. im just more concerned about PLA, metallic filled filament, abs and maybe some PETG. im sure i could upgrade this machine later in the future with parts sold here correct?