Julia, does say it best, when they work its awesome, when they don’t sheer pain.
In addition, to be a full service for anything that comes at you all comes down to investment.
>10k in my opinion you need both a printer and a good mill.
>25k in my opinion, Envisiontec Mirco, and a good mill.
>25k in my opinion Solidscape
>75k in my opinion 3d systems 3500 Max, Envisiontec Mini, freaking workhorses, huge print platforms,but you gotta run them 24 hours a day to get back your money, and they too will cause you pain and break down.
My investment is currently about 13k over 10 years, I use a Form1+, Solus, used Roldand MDX-15, and a used Roland MDX-40.
The mills sit mostly, but when you get a huge ass bangle, or a belt buckle, or something a rapper would wear, 60 x 125 mm
and up, its milling time baby. The wax burns out clean, and no matter what resin or resin hybrid that big do not, period.
Anything that comes in the way of jewelry, we can accomplish. But everything comes with cost, learning, and trial and error, and frustration. This is only my opinion, and if I was 25 again, this thread might look different.
