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Comment on Resin Printing: Good for a Beginner with Limited Space?

NoneYa@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

I got my first SLA printer last year and can confirm, do not get this if you don’t have good ventilation or space away from you.

I print exclusively with water washable resins which are less potent in smell and IIRC toxicity too, and it still smells and the smell still gives me a headache if I try to do something quick without my mask. The smell lingers around the printer when printing even hours after putting on the top cover. I’m working on a solution to air it out through a dryer duct but I don’t think that will be the end all either.

Go with an FDM and print PLA until you have a better arrangement at home. Avoid ABS printing because it has similar effects and dangers for your health as resin printing.

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SzethFriendOfNimi@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I will say for ABS this can be mitigated with the following:

An enclosure (I use a comgrow grow tent)

Not opening the printer enclosure for at least 20 minutes (so the airborne particulates settle down)

A replaceable carbon filter (I built a Nevermore duo and bought some activated Charcoal to refill it with)

After doing the above I don’t smell fumes at all. In fact I run the Nevermore even with PLA just to capture any micro particles since the charcoal is easy enough to replace.
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- EmilieEvans@lemmy.ml ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Styrol isn’t a particle that settles down like dust. It is a liquid with a significant enough vapor pressure to be problematic.
  
  An activated carbon filter can get rid of the vapor.
  
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