Formlabs Studio 1 $699 Resin Printer
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Formlabs Studio 1 $699 Resin Printer was first seen on Hacker News · Front page on Oct 28, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 66 checks on 2 different days. Its best position was #10 of 30, reached on Oct 29, 13:07 UTC. It dropped off the list after Oct 29, 13:52 UTC.
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Formlabs uses a proprietary resin cartridge... it's the paper printers situation all over again, the printers themselves are not that expensive but the disposable ink costs an arm and a leg. Don't go with Formlabs, support any of the open-platform alternatives. And also, be aware that these printers require some…
I have a resin printer (elegoo mars 2p) and have done a number of small "production" runs of things that don't really matter. I have to say that it is the biggest pain in the arse thing I even own. While the prints come out "good", I find that dimensional accuracy is often really not good at all; and that the whole…
You don't want a resin printer. They are nasty, chemically, they require you to set up a "hot zone", you need ppe, venting is really important. When your print works good, you still have to wash it and then cure it. Changing colors ids like a whole event. FDM printers are amazing now. Strongly recommend an FDM printer.
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Not at the moment. It was last on the list on Oct 29, 13:52 UTC, after 2 days of trending.
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It was first seen on Oct 28, 2026 and has been on the list on 2 days (66 checks) since.
182 points and 114 comments; submitted by mhb on Oct 28, 2026.