Formlabs Form Studio 1

On October 14th, Formlabs launched Form Studio 1. It’s a professional resin 3D printer that starts at $699. You can learn to print on it in ten minutes, and most jobs finish in under two hours. Max Lobovsky said why this matters so much in the launch announcement: “We started Formlabs to build the Form 1 and make professional resin printing accessible to more people. Form Studio 1 takes that ambition to the next level. Affordability matters, but so does getting great parts without hours of tuning. We want anyone - from an engineer to someone exploring a new hobby - to spend more time making things and less time figuring out their printer.” ▶ Watch on YouTube The early reviews are delightful. Tom’s Hardware gave it an Editor’s Choice. Matt Farmer, who reviewed it, wrote: “For me, the selling point beyond the name and price is the fact that it just prints. I didn’t have a single issue on that front while testing the Studio 1.” All3DP called it “the benchtop benchmark” and wrote that…