Sizing extrusion for a printer build June 13, 2019 06:50PM |
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In my experience, there's no reason at all to print PLA or PETG if you can print ABS. Actually, I don't see any reason to print PLA, ever. It isn't any cheaper than ABS and the prints/filament require such a benign environment that the stuff is all but useless for anything you want to last. It can't tolerate any heat, and filament and prints soak up moisture and become brittle. PETG is a little better in terms of temperature, and is less brittle, but the stuff soaks up moisture like a sponge. Keeping the filament dry enough to print with is a problem.
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I see a lot of printers with corner brackets everywhere. Maybe they're needed to hold the frame members square, but I have doubts about them doing much for rigidity in most cases because the frame members, especially small cross section frame members, flex.
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I used 40mm stuff because I got it at a local scrap yard for $2 per lb. IRIC, UMMD's frame was about $60 worth of material at that price.
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