Judge my setup before purchasing?
So I’ve been sand casting for years now, and have just been able to save up enough money to put together a shopping list for doing vacuum casting. It will also be an excuse to dip my toes into resin printing after doing FMD printer professionally for a decade now. I was hoping to get some feedback if anyone would be so inclined. I’ll list current pricing as well to see if I’m over paying or maybe getting a good deal
Kiln: Vevor 1650W Programmable Kiln- 439.99
Resin Printer: Anycubic Photon Model 4 with Wash and Cure 3.0- 266.38
Resin: Siraya Tech Royal Blue 1KG- 67.99
Investment: Prestige Oro 10lb- 34.40
Now, as for the vacuum casting “machine”, I’m trying to decide if I should go with the generic Chinese alphabet soup 3 in 1 that is rebranded a thousand times over and then buy the vacuum pump separately (machine is 399.99 shipped), or if it would be worth it to go for the Vevor 3CFM machine for 655.90. I know that Vevor isn’t exactly some shining pinnacle of quality, but they seem to be the middle ground between “you’d be better off making your own” and “you’re a professional jeweler”.
Over all, what do you think? I’d be mostly casting non-precious metals, though I do have a 10 or so ounces of silver I might make some sterling with. But I’ll primarily be working with your standard copper alloys and aluminum.