TLDR : Both of my old printers finally no longer functioning and I don't have no extra money to fix or buy a new one with my current situation.

By the way, I have shit tons of STL files, dm me if you want some high qualities STL from ghamak/loot studios and other designers. I'm more than happy to share with you so just send me a dm if you want to look for specific STL.

I attached few pics of my printing journey and some of my custom work.

Long story

I have a hobby of customizing action figs and minis( you can check my profile for the projects that I did) and then I started to invest in resin 3d printers.

I bought Elegoo Mars on early 2020 and photon mono from my friend shortly after Lockdown. Before lockdown I worked as a technician and could afford to buy the printers and to fund the projects that I did.

Started by printing 40k, halo and other stuff.

Unfortunately, by the end of lockdown, I was laid off and had to go back to my hometown to look after my old parents as well.

But here's where it started to fall apart, I couldn't find any job that could pay enough money to fund my printing hobby while also had others commitment(that's a story for another day). I had to work at grocery store with min wage(min wage in my country is 335usd, used to be lower) It became so bad that I had to buy unused resin from my friend because I could no longer afford to buy new resin bottle.

But I didn't give up, while both printers had their problems, I fixed all of them and it continued to print like a charm they are.

But then, early this year, my Mars 1 started acting up and suddenly won't print no matter what I did, it just wouldnt print. I replace everything that can be replace but it still did not work. So I decided to put it away for good and sell the parts, but as you can expect, it's an old printer that no longer work properly so no one buys it.

And, last month, my Mono 1 act up, resin leaked. At first I thought I could simply change the lcd, bought new fep and vag, but it did not print, tried to change the setting but ended up with the same result.

So here I am, writing this post, honestly I did not know where to go from here. While I do love my hobbies, I no longer have enough money nor saving to fix the printers nor to buy a new one. So honestly I think it's best for me to end it here.

Also, if you interested in my custom figs or how to fix figures, feel free to dm me and I will try my best to help.

Sorry for the long rant and I wish you all the best.