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Cake day: June 30th, 2023

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  • My parents didn’t let my brother or I have nerf guns or the good 90s super soakers.

    As an adult with my own son, I can confirm we enjoy some nerf guns, but those are pretty meh compared to the non-nerf-brand Darth blasters they have now.

    We got 10 shot semi-auto blasters, we got 6-shot pull back revolvers, a giant ass automatic yellow machine gun, we got two fully automatic (and loud as fuck) 20 dart blaster rifle things, and he got a fully automatic mini gun dart blaster from Santa.

    My ex hates nerf blasters with a passion, and I still haven’t gotten those back at my place yet








  • I have done this with both, and honestly, the resin miniatures, while impressive, are a fuckload of work to remove the supports from, clean, cure, and dispose of the uncured resin and prep for the next plate. The hazard they present isn’t terribly noticeable until it is. Ventilation is probably necessary for all 3D printers, but unless you have outdoor or purpose built external venting, resin will bother you eventually.

    As for FDM, you can do it, but it will never reach resin detail. On a 0.2mm nozzle, for instance it would clog too much, or print too slow and something would end up interfering with the print. A 0.4mm does alright, but you’ll want to do some abrasive finishing and some thicker layers of primer.

    It also depends on your plastic, how much you are willing to tweak your printer, etc. unfortunately, unlike resin, once you dial in the settings you will have to monitor it as the plastic absorbs moisture, the extruder and other gears wear down ever so slightly. Ambient temperature will affect how well layers stick, and slight breezes will be noticable.