#How high is the risk of toxic fumes?

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eternal robin
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Hey there so I recently got myself a printer from a friend and its my first one so I'm very new to all this. Because of how new I am to I had no idea until today that 3d printers give off toxic fumes. I am not too worried as I only intend on using it a handful of times each month, however, I currently have my 90 year old nan staying in the same house and she already has bad lungs.

My question is are there any steps I can take to lower the risk of the fumes? or is it just not worth running that risk while she's staying at the house.

wary wingBOT
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It's great that you're concerned about the potential fumes from 3D printing, especially with your nan staying in the same house. There are a few steps you can take to minimize the risk:

  1. Ventilation: Ensure you're printing in a well-ventilated area, such as near a window or with a dedicated exhaust fan to help remove any fumes that might be emitted during printing.

  2. Enclosure: If your printer is an open-frame design, consider adding an enclosure around it to contain any odors and particles. Some printers come with enclosures, or you can purchase or build one separately.

  3. Use safe materials: Opt for filaments that are known to emit fewer fumes, such as PLA, which is biodegradable and generally considered safe. Avoid printing with materials like ABS, which can emit more harmful fumes.

  4. Air purifier: Consider using an air purifier with a HEPA filter in the room where the printer is located to help remove any particulates or odors from the air.

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warped cosmos
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It’s not a big deal at all

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It’s 1000x lower than „safe“ levels according to the government

eternal robin
warped cosmos
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If printing pla anyway

warped cosmos
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That’s the question and what filament are you printing

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Pla, petg and tpu are no issue asa/abs, nylon or anything like that could be an issue

eternal robin
warped cosmos
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And in general you want to not breath that shit in

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Those fumes are pretty toxic

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Well ventilated room and a carbon filter mask are a must basically

eternal robin
warped cosmos
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But yeah, if she will be near it/in the same room then don’t do it

eternal robin
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the only room I had in mind is still connected to the main hallway that she'll be using day to day.

warped cosmos
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Then yeah… I wouldn’t

eternal robin
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Ah shame. Oh well, thank you for the help.

Put down that I'll be unable to print my 3D stuff but yeah cannot risk it with someone who has poor lungs already.

warped cosmos
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Tbf it’s prob more long term side effects, that… a 90 yo would prob not suffer from but I would personally not risk it, especially with existing conditions

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Or you could enclose it/filter everything that comes out of it

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There are ways of making it safe but they are pretty pricy

warped cosmos
eternal robin
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I feel silly now as this clearly seems like something I should've found out. But I got no word from my friend about it so I just never asked.

warped cosmos
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Yeah my old job had one too and I was never told how bad they are and handled it very… unsafely

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Fmd printers are completely safe and accurate enough for most usecases tho!

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At least with pla/tpu/petg

eternal robin
warped cosmos
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And you can get a bambulab a1 mini for 200€ (no clue where your from, I’m in Germany lel. Price may vary) if your fine with a small print volume

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So not very far off of your current printer

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The A1 is 340 rn

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But prices will likely drop beginning of June for their birthday sale

eternal robin
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Ah I see thank you!

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I've already had a quick look online and yeah with saving I could get one at a decent time.

raw harness
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Resin printing comes with a lot of safety issues and concerns. I would not recommend having one in the house generally. Maybe if you were able to build an enclosure and vent the fumes outside. There are kits online for such, but even so, resin printers have a lot of other reasons that having them in the house usually is a bad plan.

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Like the other guy said, if you get a cheap filament printer, there’s many types of filament that have little to no toxicity. If you’re still worried about smells or air quality, get a vented enclosure kit.

mellow forge
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Could you put it in a garage?

mellow forge
wary wingBOT
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raw harness
# mellow forge Could you put it in a garage?

Totally. You could put it in a house too to be fair, I just would generally advise against it since resin is toxic and there’s always chances for spills drips mishaps and it will slowly cure from sunlight.

jolly plover
raw harness
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Not to mention the fumes and smell that you’d have to manage.

eternal robin
# mellow forge Could you put it in a garage?

Sadly not. The only space in the entire house is a room that only has two small windows and its connected to the main hall that my nan uses often. So I fear there is little I could do at the moment.

mellow forge
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I'm not sure in that case. Not sure how temperature dependant resin is, maybe a small waterproof enclosure outside would work

jolly plover
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Your resin needs to be 25ºC ideally

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Most people use a so called brewbelt around their vats

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#✅｜help-resin #resin-dlp-sla

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Resin specific stuf lf usually lives in these channels

eternal robin
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Ah i see.

warped cosmos