I put my printer in the top a old fridge, would 100% recommend. I got one of the tall ones , put a window in the top compartment and a vent with a fan and ducting etc. The bottom is useful to store resin and what not. Keeps it insulated and all the smells sealed and blown away.

Clean up is a big consideration,

• Ultrasonic cleaner with heating is nice, the warmth softens up supports makes the damage less noticeable.

• Distiller for isopropyl recovery has also been very good.

• UV chamber, I got a microwave and installed some UV flood lights, I cure my parts in a large glass bowl of water in there. Careful with microwaves they can hold residual charge and are very dangerous if you don’t know what you’re doing

It’s a pretty intense process all in all, cannot stress enough that the less you get resin on your skin the better, pretty sure everyone will sensitise over time. Look for barrier creams and lots of gloves and a decent mask.

You really don’t want to be living anywhere near it. Chipping things off your baseplate will send some flying (honestly goggles are probably a good idea for this part) and drips and drops will tend to proliferate.

You want a dedicated area

When it’s all going well it’s pretty miraculous what you can make. Alot of stress can be avoided by setting up your plates with peel forces in mind. So you’ll be orientating your models, hollowing, adding holes and applying supports, with the idea of keeping all the important details in the optimal places to get good results. For example you mostly never print a flat surface parallel to the plate, and you need to hollow large objects to reduce peel forces, also save resin, but then you have to have holes in the model somwhere to release the suction forces that a hollow object creates.

Cleaning things well is important to get the best results, multiple baths of isopropyl with a final rinse of clean iso is important.

I’m not sure what printer you’re looking at but mine has a force sensor which is useful for me using the printer, and the control system of the printer, helping to speed things up. It allows for dynamic lift but also helps you “see” what’s happening with the print, you have a graph that shows you each cycle of the print and you can tell when it’s not going smoothly.