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Anonymous at Thu, 26 Dec 2024 19:51:47 UTC No. 1004046
Got gifted a printer for xmas. Didn't ask for it but I'd feel really guilty if I didn't use it. What do I do?
Anonymous at Thu, 26 Dec 2024 20:26:46 UTC No. 1004049
>>1004046
Don't you have to use these basically outside or you lose 10 iq points per hour by being near them?
Anonymous at Thu, 26 Dec 2024 21:40:43 UTC No. 1004052
>>1004046
I'd use it to print tool holders, like a custom brush stands, things that can help you fix your life
I don't know much about you as a person
>>1004049
no, you're confusing it with resin printers, filament printers are fine as long as you print PLA and open the windows sometimes
Anonymous at Thu, 26 Dec 2024 21:51:59 UTC No. 1004053
>>1004052
>no, you're confusing it with resin printers, filament printers are fine as long as you print PLA and open the windows sometimes
i'm pretty sure that theyre all really bad for you inside...
Anonymous at Thu, 26 Dec 2024 22:56:40 UTC No. 1004059
>>1004053
Don't think there's full agreement on this yet. There's some work done on particulate emission which IIRC shows that PLA and PETG are relatively low emitters. ABS, ASA and HIPS all emit styrene when printing, which isn't supposed to be particularly healthy and stinks. I print PLA and PETG on one enclosed printer (Bambu P1) and an unenclosed Prusa and there is pretty much no dust on the machines. I also have a Zortrax with hood for ASA, ABS and HIPS and the machine is filthy inside with deposited gunk.
I print PLA and PETG in my office with some ventilation, ABS etc with ventilation, carbon and hepa filtration elsewhere.
Anonymous at Thu, 26 Dec 2024 23:01:40 UTC No. 1004060
>>1004053
PLA is not "really bad", they're just "normal bad", like breathing the air outside in the city, it's not good for you but you would have to be stupid or in China to wear a respirator in the streets
I wear a respirator when washing resin prints, there are levels to this
Anonymous at Thu, 26 Dec 2024 23:02:55 UTC No. 1004061
>>1004060
most of the people printing here are printing in their bedrooms, so they are breathing it in 24/7.
Anonymous at Thu, 26 Dec 2024 23:08:10 UTC No. 1004062
>>1004061
I can't recommend that, and I can't recommend living in a single room, it won't kill you but that ain't right
If that's your living situation then 3D printing shouldn't be a priority in your life
Otherwise consider printing this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rj
Anonymous at Thu, 26 Dec 2024 23:27:15 UTC No. 1004065
I don't know what the scene is like for figurines/art. I've seen 3D prints in person and they always look jaggy, like you can see each layer. I think professional figurine manufactures use a different kind of printer, or maybe they sand it down somehow? Idk. If I wanted to get into making sculptures, I figure clay would be better.
3D printing seems like for prototype builds and people into D&D.
Anonymous at Thu, 26 Dec 2024 23:35:54 UTC No. 1004066
>>1004065
resin printers, it works by curing liquid UV resin with UV light using a screen as a mask
the layers are 10 to 50 microns thick and XY resolution is usually around 20-30 microns so you don't usually have to sand layer lines
that's the one I have https://us.elegoo.com/products/eleg
resin printers are used for prototyping figures but production is usually made by casting into silicone molds or injection casting depending on the number of units
Anonymous at Fri, 27 Dec 2024 04:00:22 UTC No. 1004074
>>1004046
>>/diy/
๐๏ธ Anonymous at Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:25:17 UTC No. 1004088
>>1004046
print a gun and shoot as jewish ceo
Anonymous at Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:32:45 UTC No. 1004089
>>1004049
pretty much
you are breathing in extremely toxic plastic fumes that will seriously fuck you up
>>1004052
>no, you're confusing it with resin printers, filament printers are fine as long as you print PLA and open the windows sometimes
hes not, you are the one being confused
you can find exact tests that prove without any doubt that even PLA shits out toxic fumes, even if at lower rates than resin, its burning plastic, you can smell it, so shit gets into air
i keep my printer in a dedicated separate room, but people will probably dump them in their bedrooms which is really bad
Anonymous at Sun, 29 Dec 2024 02:52:49 UTC No. 1004212
>>1004089
What if I put the printer in a glass case?
Anonymous at Mon, 30 Dec 2024 06:12:33 UTC No. 1004294
>>1004049
no, you're confusing it with 4chan
Anonymous at Wed, 1 Jan 2025 05:10:40 UTC No. 1004452
>>1004046
bros.. if only i had one in xmas instead of "why do you spend all day on your pc" or "stop playing vidya games all the time"
Anonymous at Wed, 1 Jan 2025 07:23:10 UTC No. 1004456
>>1004452
well maybe you should stop playing Vidya all the time, it's that simple (that's just the first step into getting your shit together but no one will tell you that), good luck anon, hope 2025 is the year you escape the vidyajew. Get rid of your PC if needed
pd: I'm waiting 15 to post this just so you know I mean it
Anonymous at Wed, 1 Jan 2025 22:30:33 UTC No. 1004491
>>1004089
The fumes aren't what you should be primarily worried about. It's the plastic debris that is created. Microplastics will be the new asbestos. By 2050 most of us will have cancer from what we get from drinking water and eating seafood alone, there is no telling what we will get as a result of messing with these industrial level machines in our very houses. I know this and yet I still print on the daily because I like making my own legos. I think lung cancer ten years from now is worth it if I get custom legos.
Anonymous at Wed, 8 Jan 2025 03:02:16 UTC No. 1004980
>>1004046
Browse Thingiverse and Printables. I've made pots, water cans, Christmas ornaments, pan fishing kits, knitting machines, model kits, puzzles, etc. Since this is /3/, you can start learning CAD and design some kickass bracket, shelf, or crank powered tuna slicer
Anonymous at Wed, 8 Jan 2025 07:54:34 UTC No. 1004998
>>1004046
do you have any figure ideas? i want to try making them but i dont have a printer yet, ill make you one in exchange for letting me test using yours