• wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz
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    7 days ago

    Yeah, I mean wear the PPE. You should honestly do that if you’re cutting anything that creates dust.

    Carbon fiber filament is really hust carbon fiber reinforced though. For example PLA-CF or PETG-CF is still a plastic filament, but it has tiny slivers of carbonfiber in it to give it more structure and rigidity. I assume that makes it less dangerous because the fibers are trapped in the plastic.

    I agree that there could be more awareness of safety. For instance I wonder how many people don’t realize that polycarbonate prints with toxic fumes and needs to be done in an enclosed printer with an air filter. Or ABS, for that matter.

    I like PETG cause there are no fumes. It doesn’t even have a smell. PLA printing smells like waffles with syrup to me, but PLA fumes aren’t toxic. Its physical properties are weaker than PETG though