I hope you aren't running abs in an area you will spend time in. It stinks and is very finicky to print. I switched to petg and never looked back. I still have two rolls in their boxes I'm never going to use.
Good idea. I have my 3D printer inside an enclosure (Ender 5 with the medium size tent) and attached a ventilation hose to the top of the enclosure using a plywood board.
That hose feeds into my apartments central ventilation unit so all fumes get blown outside.
Alternatively you can buy a fan and hang the hose out the windows.
PETG and ABS are easily the most used materials in my prints. I like their properties. But I enjoy ABS only after completing my Voron 2.4 to be honest even though that’s not strictly a requirement.
I just started messing around with ASA on my i3 clone (Monoprice maker select plus aka wanhao i3 plus) while printing parte for my 2.4. I did make a cardboard enclosure for my printer and had to reprint my bed thumbscrews and cooler in ASA, but otherwise it pretty well. I treated it the exact same as PETG, other than bumping temps. I was honestly pretty surprised. Yeah, the prints aren't perfect, but I also spent zero time tuning the printer for ASA beyond a PID tune.
Welcome to the hobby then 😊 Hope you already have a drybox or other airtight storage, ABS and PETG don't like being stored "outside" once they're out of the sealed bag.
I'm looking for a drybox. Maybe I'll do it myself, with silica gel. However the weather is dry AF in my city this season, so I'm not too much concerned yet
Keep a black and white roll of matte pla on hand. Really comes in handy. Other than that order colors for the project. Dry box solutions are at best a stopgap solution. Better than leaving it out, never as good as a fresh roll though.
Then you should be okay for the most part. Still an active dryer is beneficial for those filaments. I bought a cheapass food dehydrator for about €30 and cut some of the plastic out so a filament roll fits in.
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melkore@lemmy.iwentto.science · 5 pts · 3y
I hope you aren't running abs in an area you will spend time in. It stinks and is very finicky to print. I switched to petg and never looked back. I still have two rolls in their boxes I'm never going to use.
BaalInvoker@lemmy.eco.br · 2 pts · 3y
I'm not printing ABS yet. Just bought and am taking proper measures to make it safe to use
Rolive@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 3y
Good idea. I have my 3D printer inside an enclosure (Ender 5 with the medium size tent) and attached a ventilation hose to the top of the enclosure using a plywood board.
That hose feeds into my apartments central ventilation unit so all fumes get blown outside. Alternatively you can buy a fan and hang the hose out the windows.
Microplastic is nasty.
0xd34d@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 3y
You can have any color you want so long as it's black 😁
BaalInvoker@lemmy.eco.br · 1 pts · 3y
Exactly!
Or white! I have a white PLA, but it's ending already
I'll buy colorful filaments next month
MrSlicer@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
Have fun with the abs.
Sphks@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 3y
Start from right to left...
BaalInvoker@lemmy.eco.br · 0 pts · 3y
PLA, PETg, ABS
Everything black. However I have a white PLA at the printer
crow@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 3y
PETG and ABS are easily the most used materials in my prints. I like their properties. But I enjoy ABS only after completing my Voron 2.4 to be honest even though that’s not strictly a requirement.
LlamaLlama@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y
I just started messing around with ASA on my i3 clone (Monoprice maker select plus aka wanhao i3 plus) while printing parte for my 2.4. I did make a cardboard enclosure for my printer and had to reprint my bed thumbscrews and cooler in ASA, but otherwise it pretty well. I treated it the exact same as PETG, other than bumping temps. I was honestly pretty surprised. Yeah, the prints aren't perfect, but I also spent zero time tuning the printer for ASA beyond a PID tune.
NiyaShy@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y
Welcome to the hobby then 😊 Hope you already have a drybox or other airtight storage, ABS and PETG don't like being stored "outside" once they're out of the sealed bag.
BaalInvoker@lemmy.eco.br · 0 pts · 3y
Thanks!
I'm looking for a drybox. Maybe I'll do it myself, with silica gel. However the weather is dry AF in my city this season, so I'm not too much concerned yet
Bach37strad@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
Keep a black and white roll of matte pla on hand. Really comes in handy. Other than that order colors for the project. Dry box solutions are at best a stopgap solution. Better than leaving it out, never as good as a fresh roll though.
Rolive@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 3y
Then you should be okay for the most part. Still an active dryer is beneficial for those filaments. I bought a cheapass food dehydrator for about €30 and cut some of the plastic out so a filament roll fits in.