Resin VS FDM 3D printers: Which one is the best for miniatures?

resin 3D printers or ftn 3D printers which one to choose we spend the same time and the amount of material to print the same piece in the two different Technologies want to see the result hello my baby looters what's up I'm Julie or David Julie or Julie baby and I'm going to be hosting some 3D printing videos here at Luke's YouTube channel for you guys so in this video you're going to see the main features about resin 3D printers and fdm ones we are going to compare the two kinds of Technologies after passing through all these topics it is going to be so much easier for you to understand and choose when to use each of them of course if you don't have a 3D printer yet it is going to be much more simple to make a choice about buying a resin one or an fdm one but before we get down to business don't forget to subscribe and hit the like button because we're going to be posting a lot of cool content around here okay if you have been following our channel for a while you know that we have a lot of videos talking about resin 3D printing but what about filaments well since we are using it to print some of our models as you saw in this last video we thought we could give it a friendly treatment here on this channel to ftn 3D printing is a technology that has been widespread in the market for the longest time so here's the first resin on how it works the material is used to manufacture the prints are these filament roles of different types of plastic such as pla well known for its ease of printing the filament is inserted into the printer and pushed by an engine that guides it through the hot end which is a heating block where the plastic melts and comes out for a fine nozzle usually 0.4 millimeters in diameter the high of each layer in ATM technology normally rise between 0.1 millimeters and 0.3 millimeters in this technology there are several settings that can be changed to retain better quality greater resistance or greater agility when printing Di ideal melting temperature for each material may still variety according to layer thickness or printing speed also many other factors can be changed and interfere with a quality print including the configuration of the automatic supports that allows the printing of a well-made part or a part full of false and sticky supports almost impossible to be removed otherwise resin 3D printing that you already know a little better uses resins that can have different physical features such as greater flexibility and greater resistance in addition to that pigmenting and customizing the color of the material is possible these resins undergo a chemical reaction when exposed to UV light and it is through this process that the machine solidifies the resonant layers to materialize the 3D models to print we put the resin in this tank which has a thin transparent plastic film on the bottom below this tank there is an LCD screen that limits the passage of easy light for each layer that is solidified most resin printers have a much higher quality with pixels of 0.05 millimeters or smaller the thickness of each layer normally varies between 0.1 millimeters and 0.01 millimeters there are also fewer configuration variables that interfere with the final result of the piece the main factor is the time that the resin is exposed in each layer and this will rise depending on the resin the printer used and also the defined layer height in the case of supports there are also essential in resin printing our team to charge the work of manually creating all the support and also testing each of the cream cheese to guarantee a higher heat height with all the loot species well let's do some comparison between the two shall we just by knowing the resolutions and seeing this image of what each technology delivers it is clear that resin printers have a much higher quality in terms of dimensional accuracy and the ability to reproduce small details but the printing area and the time for printing each piece is different between Technologies time is a precious thing in our lives isn't it ftn printers need to deposit thin lines divided between the perimeters the Intel and the supports completing each of the layers before starting the next one in this case the greater the number of the pieces or the larger the size of the piece the longer it would take to print on the other hand resin printers can solidify a complete layer in a matter of seconds regardless of the number of parts or their volume so placed in 1 or 10 equal parts spread across the viewed plate would take the same time therefore by investing in a larger resin printer you end up increasing your ability to produce more pieces together and also facilitating the printing of larger pieces like avoids as ftn printers already have larger printing areas normally above 20 cubic centimeters it already allows printing complete Parts without the need to do several cycles of printing assembling the parts and finish the seams as is the case of this Dice Tower [Music] foreign on a medium resin printers it had to be divided into six parts spending a total of more than 30 hours Printing and 710 grams of resin including the supports that go to the trash in addition to another two hours of finishing to fill in the seams between the pieces and sand the marks of the supports on the other hand the same piece that was made with a low quality in the filament printer took about 53 hours 530 grams of filament and less than 2 minutes to remove the supports to get this result without any finishing now that we took this little time to talk about time let's talk about processes both technologies have their qualities and specifications that can be better according to the type of Parts but another big difference in between then is the process before and after printing inept in Printers we are dealing with referral plastic depth after being melted by the machine becomes solid plastic again so the only way is produced by these printers are pieces of solid plastic which can still be recycled doesn't make a little mess yes but it's easy to clean however in terms of resin printers we need to be careful as it is a chemical compound everything that gets in touch with the resin will not come into contact with the skin that is in addition to using gloves containers tools cleaning papers everything must be handled separately and the garbage disposed off correctly to clean the remain resin from the printing parts 99 alcohol is normally used still we have to do two more steps until we have the mini ready and saved for handling first we have to freely wash the printed parts that come out dirty with liquid resin in alcohol and remove most of the supports after the alcohol evaporates completely we must do a final Cure by exposing the piece to use alive to complete the process we have to finish the pieces which however a fish no it may be guarantees a nice final result with the removal of support marks and the proper preparation for painting the piece time processes and let's go to maybe one of the things most people want to know about 3D printers cost the cost to buy a printer is similar between the two technologies for less than two hundred dollars it is possible to buy a 3D printer if we consider the whole material used there is also a similarity the cost of resins and filaments in the market is on average 30 dollars so it is clear that in both Technologies there are more extensive and cheaper materials for teachers for a specific applications as involved Technologies it is possible to modify several parameters let's compare the weight of a piece and the printing time of a 75 millimeter fire cleojin is this miniature that we have available for free on our website it uses about 54 grams of resin and in filament it will spend just over 48 grams very similar the printing on the resin takes less than 7 hours compared to almost 14 hours on the filament but what if we try to match print time what will be the result for this we have to change the thickness of the layers in the acting printer leaving the model very coarse with little representation of the details to be able to print the same file in less than 7 hours the difference in expense is evident when we create larger pieces this dragon head which is a prop from a percentage's signature was made in 11 Parts on the resin printer and weights 1230 grams and took 87 hours of printing in the acting and printer the same head that we divided into eight parts to facilitate printing weights only 700 grams and took a little over 72 hours of printing in low quality due to the limitation in printing searching Parts with filament it is kind of impossible to print some of the 32 millimeters Miniatures we create some minions like the tavern keeper of our welcome pack are even possible both in areas such as Weapons clothes steps and wings begin to be challenging and the result cannot reach the quality of the same pieces made in resin but they are still better than paper characters for your gameplay right we know that in addition to being able to print faster resin printers also deliver much higher quality and the larger printing area allows you to upscale larger pieces without so many Cuts although we must pay attention to the necessary care when handling resins this is not an impediment venturing this technology there is a wide variety of files available specifically fulfillment printers despite the lower quality compared to resin it is a serious treatment viable to print many types of Parts such as rains props and statues after all the choice depends on many factors but with so many features inside of resin printers will filament 3D printer become the past no there is use for both Technologies as they work with different materials and applications and these are the main features of random printers and acting and printers I hope I helped you guys to clarify some doubts you had about these two technologies tell me in the comments below which one you think is the best 3D printer for you after watching this video and don't forget to like share and subscribe bye

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Length: 12min 1sec (721 seconds)

Published: Tue Jun 06 2023