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Re: CAPA as support material for ABS, HDPE, etc?

Posted by Forrest Higgs 
Re: CAPA as support material for ABS, HDPE, etc?
March 19, 2007 08:58AM
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Re: CAPA as support material for ABS, HDPE, etc?
March 19, 2007 09:08AM
Quoting Forrest Higgs :

> It's pretty scary using a support material that costs twice as much
> as the structural material. Maybe you should consider using PVC,
> which is very like CAPA in terms of its melting temperatures, instead.

We use less than half the support material than we do build material,
but obviously - all other things being equal - we want that to be as
cheap as pos. I still think there's mileage in polyethylene glycol.
It's just that I've suspended experiments on that to fight a few fires
(Vik's fire engine not having water wings...)

Best wishes

Adrian

Dr Adrian Bowyer
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