Jason Cook

Sat, 08 Jan 2022 19:03:49 -0500 last edited: Sun, 21 May 2023 09:20:36 -0400

jason@hub.inktada.com

While rusty, I had fun painting this miniature printed with my new resin printer.

My daughter crafted the fairy house and grounds.

Note: The pencil is not part of the fairy house

Painting 3D-Printing

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Sat, 08 Jan 2022 19:38:21 -0500

Marshall Sutherland

dwatney@hub.farthinghalearms.com

How does the output from this process compare to that of extruded plastic (and I know that is a HUGE range of materials)? Maybe a better question is, given that you now have a choice, what sort of things would you choose to print with this process?

Sat, 08 Jan 2022 20:12:40 -0500

Jason Cook

jason@hub.inktada.com

I'm still learning. There are definitely less options with resin. I've just ordered the "ABS like" resin which is no where near as strong as real ABS on a extruded printer. It's supposed to be one of the stronger+flexible resins.

With resin, it takes a long time to print because the resolution is so high, at least currently. So I see me printing detail parts with resin and printing large/strong/super strong/rubber like flexible/foodgrade/etc parts with extrusion.

My immediate need for resin will be things like high detail parts like a lens screw on cap for a camera - but in my case, not a camera but a rocket component.

Even with a high resolution nozzle on an extrusion printer, it couldn't come close to doing this. I love this printer for trickets and small stuff, that's for sure.

I'll come back and answer your question better after I have had more time and more resins.