Context: this is my first printer and those are my first filament set

  • melkore@lemmy.iwentto.scienceEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    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.

      • Rolivers@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        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.

  • NiyaShy@kbin.social
    1·
    1 year ago

    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.

    • Responsabilidade@lemmy.eco.brOPEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      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.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        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.

      • Rolivers@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        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.

  • crow@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    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·
      1 year ago

      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.