In the comments the CTO (and apparently, there’s dialogue with Formlabs) addresses the apparent resolution discrepency:
Hi All,
Firstly many thanks for your comments, support and interest in Fuel3D.
We have posted up a first blog post to try and address some of the questions around resolution of the Fuel3D system.
http://www.fuel-3d.com/fuel3d-and-output-resolution-for-3d-printing/
Best regards,
James Paterson CTO Fuel-3D
It makes sense for my applications; I’m sure there are issues with others. For one, the build envelope of the Form 1 means I may not always be going 1:1.
Fuel3D is pretty close to the 300 micron min feature size of the Form 1, and the arguments they pose even at 1:1 scale seem valid.
I considered the Matterform but the scan volume ( 190mm x 190mm x 250mm ) seems very small.
But I’d agree if you are replicating 1:1 something like a chess piece you’d be better served with the turntable scanner.