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What is the resin printer equivalent of Bambu labs FDM?
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Personally, I'd recommend any Elegoo printer.
As you already have a Mars 3, upgrading to a Saturn 4 is a good step, though I can't vouch for its auto plate leveling. As others mentioned, the thing with resin is that it's toxic, smelly and the fumes from curing can also be problematic. Personally, I'd recommend getting water-based resins, since cleaning them is way, way easier and safer than having to deal with isopropyl alcohol, acetone or anything else. Dunk on a bucket of water, then on another and you're done, just dry and cure.
For cleaning the buckets, wait for the stuff to sink to the bottom (I prefer leaving at least 1 day), cure and throw away. Or leave it to evaporate naturally on small plastic cups.
Yeah I use water resin already. And I also have a dryer vent setup that takes the fumes and vents them outside. I like my mars 3 but I seem to have to tinker a lot with it. Might just be me always thinking my plate isn’t level though.
Unless your prints are failing often, you can leave the plate as is. I got a Creality Halot Mage (Saturn clone) and I have to re-level that thing after every 2 prints. The difference is enough to make several prints fail if I use the right side of the screen, as the base layers won't even adhere to the plate. Part of the problem might be the FEP I'm using, which seems too "sticky"