Are any of you successfully printing ABS on a cold bed ? If so what’s your setup etc . I like to try to be able to print ABS on a cold bed ( room temp 20 Degrees )
Thanks
You ‘might’ get away with it if you enclose your printer and use a base adhesive, but bear in mind that even people with a heated bed have troubles sometimes so it’s not a dead cert you’ll succeed.
A heater attachment on an enclosure might raise your odds, but considering the hassle of building something like this (or the idea might appeal to you), it may just be more expedient to buy and fit a heated base
At one point, we are all ignorant of certain things. In the 3d printing world, that applies to me in so many ways. I bartered a deal for a Cube 3rd generation printer and plunged in blindly. Despite all the negative press, it’s a half-way decent printer and the models come out quite well. Dimensionally, not too accurate, but I’ve adapted over time.
It is advertised as being able to print ABS and one can (could?) purchase ABS filament. It has an unheated bed with a ceramic-appearing coating. The supplied glue is unlike anything I’ve seen discussed on the various forums, and it works well.
In my aforementioned ignorance, I printed in ABS a wide, narrow-depth item using what Cube calls sidewalks. It’s not so much a raft as it is a brim or skirt, but it ostensibly secures the print to the bed.
I no longer have the part, a bracket to hold an iPad, but only one corner lifted very slightly, perhaps 2mm or less. Considering the accounts of failures with ABS printing, I am more astonished at the success of the print. I’ve not attempted anything since that first ABS print, as all the following models have been PLA, but it is possible to print ABS on a cold bed with the right conditions.
@Mark_Rehorst that little bit of information is certainly worth its own post.