Zen_seeker
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Actually, I think you're mistaking ABS resin for TPU. ABS cannot be ran in the A1 and it's toxic so it needs the enclosure and exhausted. ABS is awesome but I think it's a bit much for the home printer to get into on the hobbyist level. TPU is no more dangerous than PLA or PETG and can be used in the A1.
Yeah I think Zen has TPU and ABS mixed up. It happens to me all the time lol. The scented filament is the only one I close up the window and let it smell up the joint. It smells so good when it's printing! So good in fact IDC if it's toxic!
This is his toy. I get to use it but he does all the maintenance and changes. So I’ve never looked past Makerworld for what’s doable.
Until a few minutes ago I didn’t know one way or the other if it could use TPU or if it was toxic, I just took my sons word for it. I was more interested in if the A1 could use TPU as he was told it couldn’t but I suspected it could. That’s why I asked when you noted you used it as I know you have/had more than one printer and you might use TPU on another not the A1.
But now that I’ve looked into it it seems he’s right. It is toxic because of the temperatures used. Not as bad as ABS but up there.


To print other game pieces and figures he wants a resin printer. But that one’s nasty and needs an enclosed and venting iirc. Maybe in the garage but not in the house.

