Simon Frost
From his post in Forum Thread linked below
I will try and give you an opinion of resin printing based on my own experiences, it is not the utopia that it may at first seem, but it can be a very useful tool in the tool box. It's certainly not down load a design and hit the button technology.
The initial outlay in equipment at the lower budget end will set you back about £250 if you shop around carefully.
You will soon feel the need for spare FEP's (£12 for two ready assembled ones for the Any Cubic) and possibly spare resin tanks.
Choose your printer carefully, as some of the cheaper printers are harder to source spare parts for, and you will eventually need to buy a replacement screen as they wear out. I found that some brands were poorly supported in the UK and parts that were apparently reasonably priced were accompanied by eye watering carriage costs from China.
You need to be comfortable with technology and able to work methodically and carefully as the resin is hazardous and will also damage your printer if spilled on uv screen. You will also need to be comfortable learning and using computer software such as Chitubox or Lychee in order to produce the code to drive the printer. (You could download these now from the internet and take a look at them to see what you think).
Resin 3D printing will involve a degree of trial and error, when ever you change resin or FEP you will need to do calibration prints and adjust your exposure times accordingly, this will also be required periodically as your UV screen ages and looses it's intensity. if you are happy with this all well and good. The printing process is almost another hobby in it's own right.
To really benefit from your investment both in time and money you need to be able to draw using a 3d CAD package, I would recommend Fusion 360, as there is excellent support via this Forum, YouTube and of course Autodesk's own resources, but again it initially takes some learning time and you really need to commit to doing this. There are some useful text books to aid this process giving you some structured lessons with which to build your skills. Once done The World is your oyster! You can make what you like within the limits of the technology and your ability.
I hope that this is of some use to you, 3D printing is good stuff, but initially quite challenging. I didn't want you to go out and spend your money and then suffer disappointment.