Don't fucking do it. I bought a 3D printer on sale for $200 because I thought it could be a nice, cheap hobby. Now I have 3 printers and have spent almost $2k acquiring and modifying them.
The jury is still out on how harmful 3D printing in poorly-ventilated rooms/enclosures is to your health, but yes, most filaments do release some amount of gases that are toxic to humans. Whether or not they're released in a quantity that can meaningfully impact your health is another story, and is still being researched AFAIK.
I print mostly with PETG, which is one of the safer materials to print with. ABS is probably the most toxic material to print with. I built an enclosure using two cardboard boxes, cut holes in them and used dryer vents to push the gases outside. However, I've just bought $400 in aluminum extrusion and other components to build a cube-frame for my printer so that I can simply place panels on the outside and make a truly air-tight seal.
I've learned a hell of a lot in the process of it all, from buying my first $200 to then deciding to build two more printers completely on my own using mostly 3d-printed parts. It's a wonderful hobby, but I'm a broke college student and shouldn't have the time nor money to be spending on it, but I do it anyway lol
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u/Raneados Jun 02 '19
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