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Formlabs sent me a Form Studio 1 resin printer to test. It's $699 (compared to Form 4, it's almost 4x cheaper!), and it prints well. But I also talked to their engineers a bit about value engineering, and why they dropped the Raspberry Pi in this model: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4l9x...

youtube.comFormlabs finally made a cheaper printerYouTube video by Jeff Geerling

John Calhoun

@engineersneedart.com

Thanks, I might have to pick one up. I did a deep dive into resin printers some years ago. My goal then was to learn to use the resin printer and Blender to create my own plastic model of the "space tug" that NASA was proposing back in the early 1970's. github.com/EngineersNee...

github.comGitHub - EngineersNeedArt/Space-Tug_3DModel: 3D files for creating a Space Tug model.3D files for creating a Space Tug model. Contribute to EngineersNeedArt/Space-Tug_3DModel development by creating an account on GitHub.

John Calhoun

@engineersneedart.com

I enjoyed the process—more or less. Resin printing is a dirty business (and Blender has a huge learning curve). The result was pleasing though.

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Jeff Geerling

@jeffgeerling.com

This printer's been extremely reliable, with the only print issue (a slight deformation) being the result of my laziness, deleting supports where they should've been lol. I was surprised by that. But still a lot more involved than FDM.