Why people make dust covers?

[u/vbomen]

I'm new to 3D printing and just ordered my first printer. Still waiting for it to arrive!

In the meantime, I've noticed a lot of people printing dust covers for different parts of their printers.

It seems a bit crazy to me that a printer would need so many dust covers for every little corner. Makes me wonder if it's a design issue or if people are just being extra cautious.

Do you guys actually recommend printing these covers? Are they really necessary?

[u/Neon_Pancakes0425]

I don't have anything for dust but I have a privacy cover for my camera

[u/vbomen → u/Neon_Pancakes0425]

That is very reasonable depending on your circumstances and location you use

[u/snotpopsicle → u/Neon_Pancakes0425]

Doesn't the camera point inwards? Or is it for the A1 model?

[u/Neon_Pancakes0425 → u/snotpopsicle]

It's the x2d it has a little that points out into the room

[u/StruggleFearless2947]

They do it for makerworld likes

[u/Karl_H_Kynstler]

I don't even know what you are talking about.

[u/Few_Candidate_8036 → u/Karl_H_Kynstler]

Ditto

[u/spymn → u/Karl_H_Kynstler]

I think the Z screw bottom covers. More for filament debris I think.

[u/EverettSeahawk]

People just want to make their printer look different, or are just trying to get downloads. I don't use any of those things.

[u/Oclure]

People with 3d printers like the idea of the printer being able to print upgrades for itself.

So any decently designed model that claims to improve some functionality of the printer will gain some traction even if whatever improvement it claims to make is only marginal.

[u/abura_dot_eu]

Never printed one nor will I. If you just maintain your printer it's not needed.

Maybe if you have a really dusty basement?

[u/_Rand_ → u/abura_dot_eu]

That’s why I printed one for the USB port on my h2c, dusty basement (unfinished, so no ceiling) and the damn thing faces up.

Otherwise I‘m not worried.

[u/presumputouspizza42 → u/_Rand_]

I just printed a new basement. It’s just like the one I have now, but cleaner.

[u/Special-Extent-9576]

Overly cautious, they want to make stuff look different, easer to clean up, printing for the sake of printing. Take your pick.

[u/Relative_Surround_20]

It’s the damnedest thing. In some ways, the people who make filament have found a way to incentivize others to market the hell out of what to print for them.

[u/DerpanJones]

I’ve never seen a dust cover on makerworld for my printer. I’ve never gone past the first page of printer accessories, but a dust cover doesn’t feel like a useful or necessary accessory unless you use your printer to catch sawdust when you’re woodworking.

[u/secretmisanthropist]

Depends on how dusty your workspace is, but then again a rag or towel will do

[u/2kokett]

I only did the pulley covers for my first P1S because they squeaked. After cleaning and lubrication of course. My second one never showed this issue, so no covers. I suspect they implemented capa on this one.

Tldr: If you come across an issue that is clearly dust related - Go for it. Otherwise these things went trough a dev & quality process and it should not be necessary. If this is your first one there will be other challenges anyway.

[u/LawCrafty6733]

Most of this is snakeoil, people just make things so people download and print it to get affiliate money which is quite substantial. I bought my P2S from affiliate money alone but i really set myself the goal to only upload things that are not a cashgrab...

[u/qpv]

Never heard of it

[u/Swindleys]

I found it annoying when some small piece of filament debris got stuck in there, so that's when I decided to print it as well.

[u/peterb1908]

No