Let's talk 3D printers!

Finally getting around to buttoning up my little work area:

What sensors are you using?

Is that wall organizer the Multiboard system?

I'm using:
TuYa IH-K009 control via MQTT | Zigbee2MQTT in one
Aqara WSDCGQ11LM control via MQTT | Zigbee2MQTT in the other

I also have one each in the AMSs.

It's the Honeycomb Storage Wall

See if you can get a dryer added to your order, they're pretty popular here. :smiley:

Yes, have one of those (as a few of us do) and it's pretty nice (after a quick fan-replace). :wink:

This is mandatory with these things if you're ever in the same room when the dryer is running. The stock fan will make you want to gauge your ear drums out....unless they've swapped it out in newer builds of course.

This one is also a solid option with a higher temp range to handle more filament types:
https://a.co/d/5vtyzGv

Ahhh...the Darth Vader model. :wink:

I'll have to look as I change them sometimes.

I used zooz zse44 for a long time, but I think I might have put LoRaWan ones in there now.

Edit: yup, I put LoRaWan based sensors in there as the battery life is so much longer.

The one I have is not that noisy at all.

What is everyone's thoughts on enclosures? The Sovol doesn't have one. I looked up the Bambo A1 Mini and they don't recommend one. Seems like it cold be a good idea depending on the material being used.

Since I am a Govee guy I ordered one of their Air purifiers with Active Carbon to run while printing as that seems to be the minimum recommended solution that I can find. I will likely automate it with HE to turn on when the printer is in use. I also have a Air Gradient sensor with tVOC sensor in it so I will be monitoring the room for VOC's and Particulate Matter.

I mainly print with PLA and PETG variants, which don't need enclosures and emit little off gas/fumes.

If I were doing a lot of ABS I would for sure want an enclosure (although you can get away without one sometimes) and an air filter.

I had some minor exposure to abs fumes in other industries. I have some big abs 3d projects in mind and plan to put the printer in an enclosure out in the garage with the exhaust piped outside. That stuff is nasty.

I recently bookmarked this...

Ultimate 3D Printer Enclosure Filter V2
https://www.printables.com/en/model/788572-ultimate-3d-printer-enclosure-filter-v2

Not the original question, but resin printing can create a ton of off gas too. i definitely wouldn't do that without ventilation.

And that is why:

A/ my resin printers live in the garage, and
B/ I hardly ever use them

They are really noxious fumes and smell horrid to boot!

For me it is that, but also the post processing.

I'm lazy and don't want MORE steps.

100%, that's another reason I dont like it and hardly use mine.

Yeah when my previous company got resin printers we had to have fume hoods installed above them so everything was safe to use. I'm sure they spent more than 10X the amount of the printers putting in the fume hoods

I just wanted to say thanks again to everyone for all the advice. My Sovol S7 Plus came in a few hours ago. Got it all put together and calibrated. Completed two prints. One was a benchy while the second was just something from printables. So far very satisfied and wife is really into the potential of what we can do.

In a bizarre coincidence guess what's just been delivered to the office here, and will be taken home for setup and experimentation over the weekend. :slight_smile: