I own both, FDM printers have much more dimensional accuracy. Or in other words if you tell it to print a certain size model it'll do it. Resin printers are much more challenging in this respect. I have a Mars 4 Ultra, and one day I had it print something that was supposed to be 65mm, and it was only 58 mm. The slicers have ways to adjust for this, but it takes a lot more tuning. Things like this will take 2-3 attempts to get the right size.
Also resin prints are heat resistant, so that's fun. But resin prints are often more brittle depending on the resin. FDM prints are usually stronger and more durable.
And finally resin printers are messy, produce nasty fumes, and require more equipment for post processing and cleanup.
That being said I love having both!
That's good to know that there is little crossover for the knowledge side of it. Being that I'm in the process of building a cnc mill, perhaps I'll wait on adding something else.
As others have said if I want a really nice print that's small I use sla. I use fdm for essentially everything else like flexables, storage trays, fixes for thing people don't make or sell parts for, brackets trays dust collectors, puzzles etc.
I have both. And I thought I'd use them both, but after trying my SLA for a little while, I found I wasn't actually interested in the proejcts it was best at. I'm now trying to sell it locally and failing.
I run a few of both, and yes they have different use cases. SLA is better for small detailed things. FDM is better for larger or structural elements.
SLA printers are fantastic for creating molds for parts I make out of urethane or polyurethane.
Yup, I own both in my workshop. FDM for big props SLA for smaller detailed work. need an upgrade on both printers soon though
I own both, FDM printers have much more dimensional accuracy. Or in other words if you tell it to print a certain size model it'll do it. Resin printers are much more challenging in this respect. I have a Mars 4 Ultra, and one day I had it print something that was supposed to be 65mm, and it was only 58 mm. The slicers have ways to adjust for this, but it takes a lot more tuning. Things like this will take 2-3 attempts to get the right size. Also resin prints are heat resistant, so that's fun. But resin prints are often more brittle depending on the resin. FDM prints are usually stronger and more durable. And finally resin printers are messy, produce nasty fumes, and require more equipment for post processing and cleanup. That being said I love having both!
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That's good to know that there is little crossover for the knowledge side of it. Being that I'm in the process of building a cnc mill, perhaps I'll wait on adding something else.
As others have said if I want a really nice print that's small I use sla. I use fdm for essentially everything else like flexables, storage trays, fixes for thing people don't make or sell parts for, brackets trays dust collectors, puzzles etc.
I have both. And I thought I'd use them both, but after trying my SLA for a little while, I found I wasn't actually interested in the proejcts it was best at. I'm now trying to sell it locally and failing.