2025-03-17 17:24 UTC
@Greg@social.coop Resin printers are better for small figurines. Plastic filament printers are better for functional parts, and can be better for large prints. Both probably want good ventilation. Plastic filament printers also tend to like supervision (I've had two start on fire due to shoddy wiring and only one of them was my fault, and a print dislodged once and started melting around the nozzle on my Prusa which is a different kind of bad), so keep in mind that large volume prints mean long prints.
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@aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place 2025-03-17 17:28
@Greg@social.coop The Prusa printers with enclosures have a fire suppression system. I have no idea how reliable it is. I would consider long (multi-day) prints to only really be on the table in a detached garage with a printer with an enclosure that's in really good working order. If that (quite understandably) sounds excessive, you're probably better off getting a smaller volume plastic filament printer to start with.