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?
>>1004046Don't you have to use these basically outside or you lose 10 iq points per hour by being near them?
>>1004046I'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>>1004049no, you're confusing it with resin printers, filament printers are fine as long as you print PLA and open the windows sometimes
>>1004052>no, you're confusing it with resin printers, filament printers are fine as long as you print PLA and open the windows sometimesi'm pretty sure that theyre all really bad for you inside...
>>1004053Don'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.
>>1004053PLA 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 streetsI wear a respirator when washing resin prints, there are levels to this
>>1004060most of the people printing here are printing in their bedrooms, so they are breathing it in 24/7.
>>1004061I can't recommend that, and I can't recommend living in a single room, it won't kill you but that ain't rightIf that's your living situation then 3D printing shouldn't be a priority in your lifeOtherwise consider printing this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rjzczGFO1o
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.
>>1004065resin 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 linesthat's the one I have https://us.elegoo.com/products/elegoo-saturn-3-resin-3d-printer-12k 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
>>1004046>>/diy/
>>1004049pretty muchyou 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 sometimeshes not, you are the one being confusedyou 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 airi keep my printer in a dedicated separate room, but people will probably dump them in their bedrooms which is really bad
>>1004089What if I put the printer in a glass case?
>>1004049no, you're confusing it with 4chan
>>1004046bros.. 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"
>>1004452well 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 neededpd: I'm waiting 15 to post this just so you know I mean it
>>1004089The 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.
>>1004046Browse 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
>>1004046do 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
