Great burger of the day name!

I will look into this Klipper and Marlin. Thanks for the tip

From my understanding anyone in China has to comply with their tyrannical government. Based on that and knowing how China has already been spying on other countries (think TikTok for one example), I really don’t want something technological in my house which is made in China. It’s not based in racism. I’m looking at facts of how a particular government chooses to conduct itself. I’m choosing not to allow myself to be potentially surveillaled when I have the ability to easily prevent it.

You’re welcome. The lumens will add a great flood of light but if you also have a light with over 10,000 candela it will be incredibly intense. I have a Nitecore with close to 1,000 lumen but a pretty low candela (I forget how low) and I can kind of look towards it while squinting. On the other hand I have a light with 350 lumen but nearly 10,000 candela and it pains me to look towards it. Might help with the blinding Gandalf effect

Epax is a non Chinese brand (USA) that still isn’t as expensive as Prusa and from what I have learned is that it’s a good company with a good product. I’m not necessarily looking for something cheap, just not extremely expensive to me. I don’t want a Chinese based company’s product with lots of technology having access to my network in my house.

I just did a brief look at Epax and it looks like something I might be very interested in. The full price E10 8k is potentially a doable price point but they also sell a refurbished E10 8k for a great price. They are also supported on UVtools. I just have to do a little more research but they look promising.

I would have been willing to spend about one thousand on a printer like the Prusa Mk4 is but then I saw their resin printer is more expensive unfortunately.

I have not heard of this company but I’ll be looking into them now. Thank you very much

Thanks for the lead. I’ll check them out

Thank you. I’ll definitely be getting those things too. Another reason why a multi-thousand dollar printer is too expensive

I realize that that’s likely but hopefully there are still decent alternatives

That’s super awesome! Great job. I didn’t know there was a wood type of filament. That’s really interesting. If you ever do a version two checkout Nitecore flashlights. They are super bright, great quality, and some have USB-C charging which could possibly make it easier to charge depending on your design.