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

 .

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.

 .

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?

 .

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 […]

Click here to view original web page at hackaday.com