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

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[–] melkore@lemmy.iwentto.science 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] BaalInvoker@lemmy.eco.br 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm not printing ABS yet. Just bought and am taking proper measures to make it safe to use

[–] Rolive@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 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.