n2ri wrote:have you looked into the safety risks of using PET? it has real bad off-gases some not smelled but still very bad to breath. like other materials e.g. Nylon, Teflon...
I am 47 years old, I have soldered and breathed the smoke from that since I was 19. I breath much worse out on my daily commute then the small amount of gases this PET + might generate IF over heated. Most of these filaments are perfectly safe if used as their manufacturer says. Its when you exceed that max temp that you then start genetating gases that may or may not be harmful. I found long ago that sombody will find a harmful factor in everything. Have you ever read the MSDS on H20? That is some dangerous stuff. But used normally it is harmless and in fact necessary for us to live.
What evet is going to kill me, will kill me when the time comes. I'm not going to live in some bubble of isolation and I am not going to worry about some potential gases.
MSDS says exposure to processing fumes may note the word may cause eye and respiratory irratation. Thats all. Nothing about being lethal or dangerous unless burned in a flame. Not melted. So relax on this one. The stuff is safe.
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Tried some PET+ filament by Makesolid today. I have to say the finish quality is impressive. This was printed at 60mm/s at a .20mm layer height.
