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I have this printer, took 8 days from anycubic directly.
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For anyone just starting out in 3d printing, be sure to do your homework before looking at resin printers. The material isn't cheap and print sizes are small, but it has a huge advantage over extrusion printers in resolution.
Think miniature figurines and molds for casting small parts/jewelry and you'll be setting your expectations correctly.
For anyone just starting out in 3d printing, be sure to do your homework before looking at resin printers. The material isn't cheap and print sizes are small, but it has a huge advantage over extrusion printers in resolution.
Think miniature figurines and molds for casting small parts/jewelry and you'll be setting your expectations correctly.
What is consumable is the FEP film on the VAT. I recommend picking up a spare VAT and pack of FEP films. Many VATs are interchangeable with the photon, a lot companies just copied the same design. I have been using an elegoo VAT on mine because it was cheaper.
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First 5 prints fine
Since then nothing sticks to the plate
No help from company
First 5 prints fine
Since then nothing sticks to the plate
No help from company
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They are completely different technologies, this is a resin based printer that uses UV light to cure liquid resin, the ender extrudes plastic filament through a nozzle. The feature size and detail of the photon is about 10 times better than the ender, but you have a much smaller print size, resin costs significantly more than filament, and you have to post process each print that can be a bit messy. The detail is incredible though (10 microns in Z direction, 51 microns in X-Y), it depends on your application.
It's like comparing apples to oranges. Both do different things. Quality of prints is higher detail on resin printer. Post processing is more work too. Fdm prints have visible layer lines. Those are the major differences.
They are completely different technologies, this is a resin based printer that uses UV light to cure liquid resin, the ender extrudes plastic filament through a nozzle. The feature size and detail of the photon is about 10 times better than the ender, but you have a much smaller print size, resin costs significantly more than filament, and you have to post process each print that can be a bit messy. The detail is incredible though (10 microns in Z direction, 51 microns in X-Y), it depends on your application.