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Cake day: June 5th, 2023

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  • I do resin printing (SLA) and warmer is always better (within reason). On cooler days I wrap the UV shield with a brewer’s belt (AKA a fermentation belt). Then I cover the whole thing with the cardboard box the printer came in. Works like a charm. The belt keeps it nice and warm without getting scary hot (75-80F or 24-27C). It pulls low wattage, less than most light bulbs.

    For filament printing, something similar might work, but I have zero experience with FDM.












  • I won’t claim it’s the equivalent of the Bambu Labs FDM printer, because I’ve never done FDM printing.

    On top of that, I’m only familiar with the one resin printer I’ve used.

    Anyway, it’s an Anycubic Photon Mono X 4k. I’ve had really good luck with it, and I’ve printed over 200 miniatures and other things. I’ve had some failed prints but they were almost always my fault for doing something dumb, and there haven’t been that many overall. I’m guessing easily less than 5%.

    I wouldn’t recommend the exact same model as mine, because they have newer ones (like an 8k version of mine and some others).

    But I would definitely recommend the Anycubic Photon line as worth looking into. Read some reviews & watch some videos.

    Good luck!