Hi everyone. I’m looking into my first 3D printer and would like a resin one for the great detail it can produce. I’m looking for companies that make respected machines that aren’t out of China. I know of Prusa but their resin printer is incredibly expensive for me and a beginner.
As a second note, I would love to support a USA company as a first choice if available and like the software and firmware to be open source. I’m happy to have found PrusaSlicer with UVtools so there’s one less Chinese/semi proprietary/subscription based software.
This popped up in my feed and I’m not in the 3d printer field but generally you either get super expensive anything made in EU; super duper expensive made in US or cheap/ reasonable price from China.
Most of the stuff you will ever buy comes from China its not like they only make unreliable stuff. They can make them good as well, it depends on the final company to decide if they get cheap stuff from China or OK stuff from China
Prusa has some cheap printers made in EU as well, though not the resin ones OP is asking for.
They do have resin printer, but its obviously too expensive to OP
I know, that’s what I was saying.
It’s more expensive but you get what you pay for.