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Gumus@lemmy.world 3 days agoNo no, don’t do that. If FDM (classic filament printer, as you say) is a hassle for you, then SLA (a UV resin printer) is not for you. It’s way more involved, requires protective gear as the resin is toxic while uncured, and requires a ventilated works space. Also, generally SLA is waaaay slower than FDM, due to significantly increased resolution.
They’re just intended for different use cases and different requirements. In most cases they’re not an equivalent substitution for each other.
Valmond@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Thanks! I had forgotten about the toxicity, that’s why I never tried ABS…
The hassle isn’t the printing itself, it’s just that I don’t have the pc with the marlin code and all that any more, I built my printer so everything had to be adjusted and tweaked… And as I built it myself there were shortcomings, very fun and instructive but maybe I should just buy an old working one… Compatible with that expensive E3D full metal hotend :-)