We’ve all heard stories of the dangers of 3D printing, with fires from runaway hot ends or dodgy heated build plates being the main hazards. But what about the particulates? Can they actually…
  • Schorsch@feddit.orgEnglish
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    11 months ago

    What they’re saying is basically: We have no clue if 3D-printing can cause cancer, but better be careful.

    Yeah, I didn’t know that before.

  • jabathekek@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    11 months ago

    I sold my 3d printer for this reason because there’s no where I can keep it other than my tiny room. I want at least a large storage space that can be ventilated to turn into a sort of creation studio resplendent with a printer, sowing machine, soldering station, etc.

    • gerdesj@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      11 months ago

      It’s complicated but PLA is bio-degradable … eventually. Not months but years. That’s much better than the horrors you see on Blue Planet II.

      • piccolo@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        11 months ago

        PLA requires industrial high heat composting to breakdown. Otherwise it will be around as long as any other type of plastic.

        • prenatal_confusion@feddit.orgEnglish
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          11 months ago

          Is this true also for microplastics? I am aware of the marketing claims and the helpfull oversight of the needed bioreactor but i thought that was in part due tl the larger pieces. Wondering about micro

  • john_lemmy@slrpnk.netEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Does anyone here have any tips on low cost ways to vent out these residues from 3D printing?

    • jabathekek@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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      11 months ago

      I’ve seen cheap ikea end tables modded for enclosures. Particle board is used to seal up three sides (between each of the legs), and an acrylic panel attached with some cheap hinges goes in the last one to make a door. A hole is cut in one of the boards to allow for ventilation.

  • MissJinx@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 months ago

    I could tell you that it was a surprise for me but it’s not and I also have a resin printer. Have you smelled that? It’s the smell of cancer building up in your brain! But to be fair, so it’s cola, coffe, fastfood, processed food, cars, every material used for building and keeping your house clean and anything diet… so you know… I was already going to have cancer, at least now I got to play with some toys while dying

    Edit: Just wanted to add that my BIL was 43 yo, vegan, fit, would work out and swim 7 days a week, would eat salad from his own backyard, lived in a rural “clean” area and meditate and didn’t like technologies… died from cancer at 43. I’m a fat slob that resin prints for 3 years and already outlived him