3d printer question

[mal51]

My first question is about 3d printing.

I am up to speed on food safe/grade fillament, but what about the machine does everything, the fillament touch need to be food grade? Tube between spool and print head as an example? Already have stainless nozzles. Is the small ptfe tube food safe? Just how picky do I need to be to be safe? A friend is building a large tank I would hate to wreck it.
Will be binging all the info on here for next few days. Cheers.

 

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[zheka757]

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[WalkerLovesTheOcean]

Welcome to Reef2reef! Sorry I won't be any help.

 

[vetteguy53081]

 

[Gman83]

Welcome!

 

[Daasmo]

My first question is about 3d printing.

I am up to speed on food safe/grade fillament, but what about the machine does everything, the fillament touch need to be food grade? Tube between spool and print head as an example? Already have stainless nozzles. Is the small ptfe tube food safe? Just how picky do I need to be to be safe? A friend is building a large tank I would hate to wreck it.
Will be binging all the info on here for next few days. Cheers.

I use PETG on a Prusa mini. Nothing else was changed out to make things for my tank.

 

[00W]

Welcome Welcome to R2R!

 

[paragrouper]

There is a 3d printing sticky in the DIY forum. You may want to post this question there.

 

[Ocean_Queenie]

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[Dmmz]

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[kevgib67]

Welcome, glad you are here!

 

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[Brisk]

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[John Neuzil]

Your overthinking it. Just use petg and your fine

 

[rhitee93]

Welcome. I agree with the others, just use a good filament and it will be fine. Anything that gets into the plastic from the printers I have worked with would be undetectable in a tank.

 

[PharmrJohn]

Greetings and Welcome to our collective obsession!!!!