/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>1739701
SLA can do incredibly fine detail at very small scale, but build volume is limited. Pic related

FDM can print pretty great detail at larger scales and will take a proportionately longer amount of time due to increased travel, but for very very fine detail it will disappoint.

For 800 bucks you could get one of the cheaper models of each type, or throw it all toward one mid-range printer. More money in FDM will get you a larger build volume or some kind of customer support, if you're into that wack shit, but you won't get any better print quality than a well tuned 200 dollar chinkydink creality.

You can get more print volume from a Peopoly or Formlabs SLA, but you can halve the price and go with an Elegoo Mars (pro) or an Anycubic Photon (s) for resin printing.