Gear List

Explore the exact 3D printing gear used in the TubaMakes print farm. You will find printers, resin, tools, and shop essentials that show up in videos and daily workflows. Some links are affiliate and may give us a kickback, and the list is updated as the shop evolves so you can see what is working right now and what has been retired.

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Printers & Curing

Elegoo Saturn 4 Ultra 12k

Resin farm workhorse

All customer products are printed on these.

UniFormation GK3

Reliable test bed

We use two of these to test resins and do one-off production runs.

Elegoo Mercury V3 Plus

Wash + cure

Combo wash and cure unit that fits large items.

Elegoo Centauri Carbon

Filament farm workhorse

Everything filament is printed on these.

Filaments & Resins

Anycubic High Clear Ultra

Clear resin

Easy to print, super clear, resists yellowing.

SUNLU ABS-like Dark Grey

Base resin

Cheap, tough, ships well, good level of detail.

Elegoo PLA

Cheap quality PLA

It prints well, easy to source, good color selection. Zero complaints.

Farm Consumables

Nitrile Gloves (4 mil)

PPE

Usually the cheapest 4 mil nitrile gloves you can find.

MaxTite Isopropyl Alcohol 99.9%

Resin solvent

4 gallons of the good stuff.

Farm Equipment

Black Contact Paper

Mess control

Keeps shelves clean, easy to wipe down. Very cheap and easy to rip up and replace.

Bus/Wash Tub

Print Removal Container

These tubs work well to contain flying parts as you scrape off the buildplate.

Squeeze Bottles

Cleaning Tiny Resin Holes

These little squeeze bottles with needles are great to shoot IPA into very small cavaties to flush out stubborn resin.

Filter System

1 micron filter media

Pre-filter media

1 micron media for the first filtration pass.

.5 micron filter media

Fine filtration

0.5 micron media for final filtration.

IPA resistant media housing

Filter housing

IPA-safe housing for filter media.

Diaphragm pump

Circulation pump

Moves IPA through the filter stack.