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3D printing in an unheated workshop

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I’m currently building a hobby workshop. Mainly for woodworking, but having a 3D printer seems to be a good add-on. My workshop is unheated and can’t be fully closed, so Its dry but humidity will come in and it can get cold during winter (-5°C coldest, freezing is rare). I don’t need to print under those conditions but storing the printer without damage would be necessary. Is this possible or rather not advisable?

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einfach_orangensaft

I have been printing ABS on my balcony at -8C for a few years now.

I use a Monoprice Mini Delta and upgraded the heatbed (i removed it from the internal power supply and connected it to a old PC power supply, heats up to about 100C).

The whole system is haused in a isolation foam box for pizza delivery…added a little plastic windo to see whats going on inside.

At very cold temps the setup needs 10-15 min to preheat the chamber but then it prints just fine.

The ABS filament roll is outside of the chamber and it dosent cause problems.