[vcf-midatlantic] [OT] Anyone Else Going to Midwest Reprap Festival This Weekend?

[Alexander Jacocks]

That has to be very annoying, Bill! Off gassing from plastics is definitely
a health concern, especially when they’re heated to the level that FDM
printing requires.

- Alex

On Wed, Jun 22, 2022 at 8:54 AM Bill Degnan via vcf-midatlantic <
vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:

> Wow. . I am allergic (but I don't know if there is a clinical name for the
> effect) to the plastic gas that sometimes comes from a 3d-printer.  I need
> to keep my 3-d printer well ventilated.  I would probably die there with
> all that plastic!  Just thinking about it....omg  :-)
> I can't even open a box of packing tape without having a reaction.  I can't
> go to the Lego store either, I can smell it 30 feet away when I approach at
> the mall and they just got a bunch of new shipments.  I am not allergic to
> anything else.  It's the weirdest thing.
> Bill
>
> On Wed, Jun 22, 2022 at 7:19 AM Alexander Jacocks via vcf-midatlantic <
> vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
>
> > I’m planning to drive out to Midwest Reprap Festival this weekend:
> >
> > http://midwestreprapfest.org/
> >
> > Anyone else going? Anyone want to go? It’s in Goshen, Indiana, and I’ll
> be
> > driving from western Maryland.
> >
> > - Alex
> >
>