Where do you start with a 3D printer?

forgotmyname

Mostly rubbish. Depends what you actually want/need and your budget?

I have FDM and Resin printers, both have their strengths and weaknesses.

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forgotmyname said:

Mostly rubbish. Depends what you actually want/need and your budget?

I have FDM and Resin printers, both have their strengths and weaknesses.

I fancy a resin printer, the prints I see actually seem as good as what I originally expected from my filament printer.

What puts me off is the smell and having to have pretty much a processing plant to wash & cure the prints.

PLA hardly smells with a window open.

forgotmyname

Yes the smell is a big downside, even the low odour water washable ones still smell too much for a closed room in a living area.

Not had much luck with the water washable either, the prints were extremely brittle and a few cracked/broke whilst sitting in a draw.

The clear red and clear green seems to work extremely well for my prints so far, it can be polished to a really smooth finish also.

The plain clear one goes really cloudy after washing and curing.  (All Elegoo brands).  I have some projects coming up that
need castable resin and have some Siraya Tech (Purple).  I keep looking for the 1L Blue castable but it's never in stock only
the 500ml size.

Shockingly the wife said the 3D printer is not just a waste but actually useful.  She normally says all my gadgets are junk.

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matelodave said:

wot, like this - https://www.amazon.co.uk/3D-Printing-Pens/b?node=8986335031

Thanks, it was the same idea as that but more professional instead of a kids toy.