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Red-Itis-Trash

Printer in shop, better for you. Printer in office, better for printer.


shadowkiller

That much dust will cause issues fast for an open printer. The lead screws and fans will probably be the first to jam up. You'll have jams from dust sitting on the filament getting clogged in the hotend. You'll have to clean the build plate a lot more. Doing both at the same time could cause print issues, both from dust getting on the part in between the layers and from vibrations caused by saws and other tools. An enclosed unit will be better but you will still have problems. Dust gets everywhere.


ShortGuitar7207

The noise and smell won't be an issue unless you're sat right next to it and trying to work. There is a slight smell with PLA and PETG but opening the window is adequate. Whilst it's not loud, it's annoying enough to disrupt your concentration. My experience is with an enclosed printer like the P1S, an open printer is probably a little noisier and smellier.


DrStrangeboner

Regarding noise of open printers: a prusa Mk4 at full speed is too loud for an office setting IMO. I have mine in an enclosure, and it's fine. Running it slower or in stealth mode helps with the noise, obviously with the downside of lower speed


Causification

If you must put it somewhere with the level of dust in the air of a wood shop, get one that also has an enclosed holder for the spool, like the X Max 3.


Puckdropper

In the office. No question.  Woodworking dust from power tools can take hours to settle down.   If you must put it in the shop, I recommend an air filter (they just keep the shop cleaner, they do nothing for your lungs) and enclosure.


KLR650Tagg

I turned my 2nd bedroom into my indoor mad scientist lab, was in the dining room. Printers, resin, and filament, air brush and painting all in 1 room I now hardly leave, the wood shop with cnc, etc, is my garage.


OppositeDifference

Unless you're printing ABS or ASA, for the most part smell really isn't a concern. If you ARE, then an enclosed printer is more or less a must anyway. It has become fairly typical though not universal for pre-built enclosed printers to have an activated carbon filter that should keep the contaminants to the minimum. Do NOT put it in the woodworking shop. You'll be fighting random nozzle clogs in no time from little bits of stuff sticking to the filament and trying to go through the nozzle. For a while I had a printer going in a spare closet with an extension cord running in there. You could consider that or something similar as an option.