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Printing with PLA is practically carefree in a home setting, but the picture changes with ABS and ASA. When melted, these materials release volatile organic compounds and ultrafine particles that build up in a poorly ventilated room. This article closes out a month-long series devoted to safety and sums up what the past weeks...
This week on Printara3D we’re focusing on multifunction and flagship printers, and one question fits right into that discussion, the one every more advanced maker eventually asks: does it make sense to build your own machine from the last screw to the firmware instead of buying a finished one? The Voron 2.4 is an...
Functional printing, meaning parts that have to hold up and do real work, is a discipline where mistakes show up fast and without mercy. Over the past few weeks, this arc has covered engineering use cases, material choice for load-bearing parts, and failure diagnostics, which wraps everything up as ARC RECAP #2. This installment...
The previous three weeks of this arc covered the four workhorses of technical FDM printing one by one, each with its own temperatures, chamber requirements and typical failure modes. Now it’s time to put them together. This installment is a recap: it introduces no new material, but arranges ABS, ASA, Nylon (PA) and polycarbonate...
Printing regular PLA or PETG? Start with the general guide Stringing: Why Your Printer Pulls Strings — this article covers engineering materials (CF/GF composites, nylon, ABS). Stringing is one of the most common and most frustrating defects in FDM printing. Thin filament strands that connect different parts of a model or fill the space...
Monday’s guide to ABS and ASA covered where PLA’s capabilities end and the world of heat-resistant technical materials begins. This article picks up from there and focuses on ASA as a specific outdoor alternative to ABS, one that solves the biggest weakness of the classic: degradation under UV radiation. If you need to print...
PLA is a great starter material, but as soon as parts need to survive heat in a car, mechanical loads, or repeated use in the workshop, its limits show up fast. That’s where ABS steps in, one of the oldest and still most widely used technical filaments. This guide explains when it makes sense...
This week’s Monday topic focused on flexible materials on modern hardware, and the Prusa Core One is exactly the kind of machine that finally handles this material category sensibly thanks to its actively controlled chamber. After years in which the MK4 and later the MK4S defined the Prusa portfolio as reliable bedslinger printers with...
