Originally shared by Florian Ford
Could this be the revolution in desktop FDM machines adoption we’ve been waiting? You have to see this:
if it’s less toxic than acetone and ABS then it’s a better choice. I wish we could do smoothing on PLA… :-s
If the “Industry” (which makes money from it) accepts that it is not the safest and that it poses risks, then this must be the minimum damage that they could get from clever marketing and going around regulations as much as possible…so in my head it can only be worse than that. Nevertheless… even the info we have is enough so I don’t want to expose me or my family to any “minor” risk the industry that thrives on it says Acetone or ABS has on one’s health.
but it warps!
This seems like a great middle of the road material that prints like PLA and melts like ABS (for smoothing). We definitely could use something in the middle of the two!
@Nathan_Walkner
Why is PVB way worse? Do you have any source for that claim? I am looking online and don’t find it listed as toxic or dangerous for even skin care product… but I might be looking at the wrong places.
I personally wouldn’t use any of them without a sealed enclosure or in a well ventilated area because I get sore throat from ABS too but this is a direction that FDM should strive to go for if mass adoption is a desired outcome in the near future.
Of course more/better formulated plastics that are environmentally friendly and non-toxic should be a focus of the chem giants too …
Until that day comes, thanks God for PLA.
Thanks for explaining …
My whole point was that we need something like this to get FDM adoption skyrocketing. It will not happen unless FDM parts can compete with injection molded parts.