When Does Moving To Resin 3D Printing Make Sense?

When Does Moving To Resin 3D Printing Make Sense?

Written by David

October 2, 2019

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Resin-based 3D printers using stereolithography (SLA) and especially digital light processing (DLP) are getting more common and much more affordable.

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Prosumer-level options like Formlabs and the Prusa SL1 exist, but more economical printers like the Elegoo Mars, Anycubic Photon, and more can be had for a few hundred bucks.

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Many printers and resin types can even be ordered directly from Amazon, right at this moment. Resin prints can look fantastic , so when does it make sense to move to one of these cheap DLP printers?

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To know that, consider the following things: The printing process and output of resin printers is not the same as for filament-based printers. Design considerations, pre-processing, and post-processing are very different. Resin printing has a different workflow, with consumables and hidden […]

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