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Cake day: November 10th, 2023

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  • Can’t stress the use of gloves and a mask for safety when using resin. I got some resin on my latex gloves one time, happened to go outside and I could feel the resin baking in the sun within seconds of the sunlight hitting the glove.

    I can’t imagine what that would have felt like if I didn’t have gloves on.

    I have a painter’s mask with the disposable filters and it is a must have as well. I can’t smell the fumes with it on but can smell the lingering fumes immediately when taking it off.


  • I got my first SLA printer last year and can confirm, do not get this if you don’t have good ventilation or space away from you.

    I print exclusively with water washable resins which are less potent in smell and IIRC toxicity too, and it still smells and the smell still gives me a headache if I try to do something quick without my mask. The smell lingers around the printer when printing even hours after putting on the top cover. I’m working on a solution to air it out through a dryer duct but I don’t think that will be the end all either.

    Go with an FDM and print PLA until you have a better arrangement at home. Avoid ABS printing because it has similar effects and dangers for your health as resin printing.



  • I don’t see that happening just because of the technological hurdles there will likely be to get the third party store.

    Android has had this ability since its very early days but most people still stick with the default Google Play Store unless they got something like an Amazon specific device.

    Because of two reasons:

    • most users don’t know other storefronts exist
    • even if they did know, most don’t want to go through the hurdles of figuring out how to download the new store, get it set up correctly, disable relevant security that allows third party installation, and set up an account for another storefront

    This is further unlikely to happen because Android has given Amazon and other manufacturers the ability to create their own Android devices whereas Apple has not and likely never will. You will likely never be able to buy an iPhone that has a custom ROM from Microsoft, for example.