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> that's why resin printing is not everyday parts but figurines.

It's probably more to do with it being messy, smelly, and overly finicky business[0] compared with FDM (but there's zero chance of burning your house down, I suppose.)

[0] levelling the build plate, cleaning the FEP on failures, replacing the FEP, washing the results with IPA (mostly), having to keep the resin warm to get good results, draining the resin when not used for a while, faffing about with orientation and supports is a black art, etc.



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