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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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@Weingeist
i keep two printers in a basement, during winter the temperature drops to 2°C; printers are in dedicated tents (for insulation and to protect hem from dust), sometimes i need to heat up beds with hot air gun because printers won't start if beds are below 10°C; only problem i'm encountering is warping but i get it undet control with higher bed temp and slower printing speed;
i keep filaments, usually petg in esun dryboxes inside the tents with some silica gel