Saturday, December 22, 2012

Replicator2 prints with ABS

Can the Replicator2 print with ABS?
Yes it can.
I printed it at 230 C and it stuck to my bed fine (blue 3M tape).

Of course, after working with PLA for a month, ABS smells like slow death, but hey, all my clear PLA is crap, so until I can get some good PLA, I'm going to cook with ABS.
Okay, I rescind my initial giddiness.
My next print curled.
Isn't there some cure for this?  A raft?  Hairspray?


I tried taping down the ends...

It just peeled above the tape.

Then I tried printing my own 0.3 mm raft.
This seems to be working pretty well.
I taped the raft to the bed also.
I'll cut it off later with a razor.

Didn't work out.
One side peeled the other didn't.

The layers didn't stick together.  I think I need to disable the extruder fan.

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