On Friday 29 May 2020 02:53:55 Gregg Eshelman via Emc-users wrote: > I've never noticed any smell from PLA filament. ABS would definitely > smell just like cutting ABS with high speed tools that melt it some. > The GRBL, Marlin and other 3D printer firmwares have the ability to > monitor things and shut everything down if a fire potential situation > happens. Some printers have had a bit of an issue where the > manufacturer chose to not enable those features, then after a few > incidents either the users or the manufacturer released updated > firmware with the features enabled. Google 3d printer fire to find > various ways some have lit up, and things to look for to ensure yours > won't. Aside from the firmware issues, common causes of flammen tend > to be wires to the hot end or heated bed rubbing and wearing through > insulation, or parts for the bed mounting being sharp and cutting into > the circuitry. At least one case was the hot end heater fell out of > the nozzle block and the printer was one with runaway heat monitoring > disabled. Since the thermistor wasn't reading the heat, the printer > kept cranking up the juice to the heater. Basically an if expected > temp output != commanded temp input then something's wrong so turn > off. The one with the bed mounting issue was one of those lower cost > Prusa copies. The fix was simply four fiber washers, before the metal > washers cut through the insulation coating on the underside of the bed > plate. You'll want to make sure the wires to the heated bed are > secured so they don't flex where they're soldered. PITA to discover > that when one breaks loose then you have to take things apart, and rig > up proper securing for the wires. > I'll check that as I'm assembling it. Otherwise the fire risk and potential odor would seem to be tolerable, at least for a test run for effect.
I assume it will accept an .stl file over a cat5 cable? > On Thursday, May 28, 2020, 8:04:15 PM MDT, Gene Heskett > <ghesk...@shentel.net> wrote: For Dee, whose COPD is getting close to > the end, not tolerable then, so I may as well put it in the shed and > build a box around it. > > Does it need a fire extinguisher when doing lights out stuff at 3AM?. > > Thanks Andy. > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
