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I am looking at SLA printing. (The ability to print fine detail is alluring, even if not really necessary for HPR rockets.)
There appear to be two big issues though:
As far as dust, there is a lot of it in my shop, so it's not a good place for any 3D printer. Is dust an issue in normal environments? (I keep my FFF printer in a separate room because of the dust, but it also has a full enclosure and HEPA filter so odors are not an issue.)
The obvious solution for the first is a negative pressure enclosure with ducting or filtering, but that's going to make the dust worse. I guess the best solution is a separate room and a fume hood to handle most of the fumes.
There appear to be two big issues though:
- the resins are sensitizers
- the optical systems are sensitive to dust
As far as dust, there is a lot of it in my shop, so it's not a good place for any 3D printer. Is dust an issue in normal environments? (I keep my FFF printer in a separate room because of the dust, but it also has a full enclosure and HEPA filter so odors are not an issue.)
The obvious solution for the first is a negative pressure enclosure with ducting or filtering, but that's going to make the dust worse. I guess the best solution is a separate room and a fume hood to handle most of the fumes.