SoliForum - 3D Printing Community — ABS fumes

Re: ABS fumes

null@example.com (solijohn) — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 14:52:50 +0000

cmetzel wrote:

Sometimes if I'm staring at the printer while it's doing a tricky area I can end up with a stomach ache, I too have a small fan drawing air away from me when I print. I don't think if she's not in the same 5 foot area that she would be bothered by it, but I would think you should contact her doctor.

Different people have different sensitivity levels to ABS fumes.

Re: ABS fumes

null@example.com (cmetzel) — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 14:00:18 +0000

Sometimes if I'm staring at the printer while it's doing a tricky area I can end up with a stomach ache, I too have a small fan drawing air away from me when I print. I don't think if she's not in the same 5 foot area that she would be bothered by it, but I would think you should contact her doctor.

Re: ABS fumes

null@example.com (goofygrin) — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 13:40:18 +0000

my wife has asthma and the fumes bother her. I moved the printer to my upstairs workspace and it's helped a lot (it no more complaining).

Re: ABS fumes

null@example.com (ysb) — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 10:16:25 +0000

abs fume is not good for anybody...

i use a box around the printer with fan to take fume out to a nearby windows. i try to make abs fume extractor that you find on thingiverse but the result. was not what i expected..

always use abs printer in a well ventilated area

ABS fumes

null@example.com (dubbsd) — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 09:56:41 +0000

I have a family member that has COPD. Are the fumes bad enough that they would bother them.