i plan to sell miniatures to local tabletop people anyway and that'll offset the cost of even expensive resin pretty quick, but

i need some uv resin to make ciem shells

That's my use

o shit

also artisan keycaps

also will sell 3d print service

that reminds me

how much do you think i could sell a stone keycap for

I have no fucking idea

i have the tools to make it happen

i just know people on geekhack spend too much money on this shit

Which is obviously exploitable

i really need to get a dual extruder fdm machine tbh

FDM is really slow compared to SLA tho

it is, but i very much want to be able to do multimaterial prints

i wanna print TPU feet in place on electronics enclosure and such

or tpu living hinges on nylon box

or the PVA supports for wacky overhangs

Those are actually some pretty good uses

how cheap is FDM

compared to SLA

Since SLA is apparently bottlenecked by resin price

my most expensive fdm machine was $350

filament can be had as cheap as $15/kg if you do some shopping and have an extruder that can handle the looser tolerances

for ABS/PLA

My goal is to have production ready parts out the oven

but FDM doesnt really fit the bill

if you wanna work much other than ABS or PLA you'll very likely need to modify your printer

I want high end features but i really havent owned any 3d printing solution

i had to replace my hotend with an all steel and aluminum one, no plastic tubing, and upgrade my extruder stepper, and change my firmware

im thinking fdm might be a logical

starting point

but i can print polycarbonate and once i get a proper fume box set up POM

Polycarbonate is an excellent material yo

noot messing with POM without an enclosure with permanganate filter built-in to catch all the formaldehyde it lets off though

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i have those framed on my wall

i bought toothbrush heads

from china

enjoy oral cancer