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Re: Do you find ambient room temperature affecting prints?

2012-11-15T21:49:38Z

cmetzel wrote:

Mine is on my kitchen table and I print without the cover on. I've printed equally as well with the sliding glass door open as I do when it's closed. I have a 50 deg breeze blowing right across it and I still print fine. I think with the cover on you should be okay. I'm not doing anything crazy though. Maybe the overhangs or .1mm printing would see a difference.

This seems to vary printer to printer.

Re: Do you find ambient room temperature affecting prints?

2012-11-08T20:55:04Z

Mine is on my kitchen table and I print without the cover on. I've printed equally as well with the sliding glass door open as I do when it's closed. I have a 50 deg breeze blowing right across it and I still print fine. I think with the cover on you should be okay. I'm not doing anything crazy though. Maybe the overhangs or .1mm printing would see a difference.

Re: Do you find ambient room temperature affecting prints?

2012-11-08T20:54:20Z

It definitely will, on larger prints. If ambient drops 10C, you can expect the build volume to do about the same.

Anything that fits in a 3x3x3" cube should be fine regardless of temperature, the stresses aren't significant enough to split layers in my experience.

Do you find ambient room temperature affecting prints?

2012-11-08T20:35:34Z

With the Solidoodle cover on, would you expect that ambient room temperature would make much of a difference in print quality?

Right now I have my SD setup in a non-heated area of my workshop where the ambient temp could possibly drop into the 50's and I am wondering if it would be better in my home office area where it is warmer.

I know that I will have the issues of fumes in a living area but that is what windows are for.