# For yoyo making, resin printer or filament printer?

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**Category:** General Yo-Yo\
**Created:** [June 27, 2022, 1:44am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/for-yoyo-making-resin-printer-or-filament-printer/359216 "2022-06-27T01:44:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Zacy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a183cd/32.png) [@Zacy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Zacy)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2022, 1:44am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/for-yoyo-making-resin-printer-or-filament-printer/359216/1 "2022-06-27T01:44:27Z")

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I’ve been thinking of making my own yo-yos for awhile, and I’m almost ready to pull the trigger on a 3d printer and saw there are 2 kinds of printers, resin and filament(I believe that’s what they are called anyway?). Does anyone have both and which one would be better for making throws?

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**Author:** ![zslane](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zslane/32/19816_2.png) [@zslane](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zslane)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2022, 2:32am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/for-yoyo-making-resin-printer-or-filament-printer/359216/2 "2022-06-27T02:32:21Z")

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I have been resin printing for 2 years now, and while I love the results I get, I would strongly recommend starting out with an FDM printer. They are much easier to work with, the filament spools come in a much greater variety of materials and colors, and I also believe filament is typically cheaper than resin. The clean-up is also far less of a hassle. Moreover, nearly everyone I know who has used 3d printers for yoyo-related stuff (prototype throws, counterweights, etc.) uses FDM printers, and so you’d be able to leverage off their experience, which I think would be very helpful.