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expired Posted by AkujunkanX • May 21, 2021
May 21, 2021 8:34 AM
Anycubic 3D Resin Printers: Photon Mono $189, Photon Zero
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The thing people don't get looking outward in when comparing to an FDM is supports. Supports in resin printers can do what only FDM could ever dream of - stacking.
I can set a Photon Zero to print 15 minitures at once and go to sleep. Drop the entire build plate into a bucket of water and in 3 minutes that pile of lines and solids falls apart almost like butter. My Ender 3 V2 can't touch it for this use case.
And while it easily doesn't apply to all its disingenuous to compare a tool meant for other prints against one meant for this.
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I use a Mono for multi part pieces and for models that have eyes or special parts designed separately from the start, I use the Zero for those. Nice to have a bust with the eyes milky white right off the bat with no paint required. Or trippy armor on a soldier.
IMO That's the same answer for FDM if using anything other than PLA. It can be dangerous (deadly) to birds if the PTFE (bowden) tube gets too hot.
Here's a reddit comment from 4 years ago about TPU on an FDM printer still pretty much applies:
At the end of the day, you have to do your own legwork on it.
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Resin printers of this size are for miniatures and smaller busts. Jewelry making and small toys, trinkets, things with tiny details. FDM where you need larger prints with less fine detail and/or functional prints for parts that will see physical use.
Trying to compare them like its a competition is bad form.
Anyone who is serious about 3D printing has both because they understand the use cases for both.
I mean you pretend like anything, but PLA or PLA+ is fume and toxin free in FDM.... so you seem to have some bias to ignore realities of pros vs cons anyways. You don't seem genuine is your desire to understand why these are good.
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Between Saturn and Mono X...Mono X has a superior build size with a longer Z axis.
MASSIVE EDIT: Oops, entirely forgot the Mono uses pretensioned FEP sheet inserts so the Elegoo models can use cheaper do it yourself FEP sheets. Anycubic just recently got them back in stock so folks needing them have been SOL. I'm super lazy so I'm willing to pay for this feature, but if you are used to tensioning your own FEP that a large strike against Anycubic Mono.
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