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Where’s the PLA? I like to call the smell “digital waffles”

You could probably get good results with something like sintering too but good luck affording that setup lol. FDM might be able to get close but it would take a lot of work to get and keep it there.

IMO, if you didn’t care about pairing with actual Legos, printing a mold might be the way to go (especially if you wanted to make a bunch).

If you wanted to just have something that looked like a Lego brick and you didn’t plan to repeatedly build/rebuild, resin would definitely be the way to go though. I don’t think resin would stand up to regular use though.

Sure but Lego’s ridiculous tolerances are very real (and very impressive if you ask me).

As great as it is at detail, even resin won’t be perfect. Plus it won’t last if you use it because of the nature of resin.

Absolutely, but even when it looks perfect, it still won’t match the tolerances of actual Lego pieces so it won’t function as well if at all. They’re super meticulous about that stuff and amazing at it especially for a toy company!

My only advice is that it’s not worth the hassle. If you really want to though, yeah, slower is probably better.

Partly, time is money but partly IDK, I’ve spent at least $200 upgrading mine with scaffold reinforcements, BL touch, a better hot end, and a few other QOL things and I’ve spent more on the CR10 than I did on the MK3S+ but it still doesn’t work as well as the Prusa. Granted, the print volume is bigger but I hardly ever print anything big enough to take advantage of it.

For your price, Ender 3 I guess but IMO, you should save up for a Prusa because you’ll eventually spend more upgrading the Ender anyways (that was my experience anyways, got a CR10s and spent twice as much upgrading it, but ended up getting an MK3S+ in the long run anyways).

You bet they do!

Can’t say I agree but you print how you want.

Randomize Z seam and make sure your flow/retraction settings are as good as you can get them.

Messing around with your nozzle temperature might help too: Keep in mind that the thermistor in the heat block might be off by a few degrees so if you can measure the temperature directly as a comparison, it can help you figure out how much it’s usually off by and adjust accordingly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxA0QVGVEJw

Beautiful!

Now add a tiny Q throwing a lawn chair at the window ala that old sloth meme.

Sounds like you might want to check out something from maybe Elegoo, AnyCubic, or Photon: Resin printers are unrivaled when it comes to detail/minifig printing.

Resin printers are also much easier to assemble and calibrate.

Keep in mind that you’ll also need to buy or build washing and curing stations and set aside funds for the resin itself too. When working with resin, personal protective equipment and ventilation is also very important.

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