Here it is after a little heat gun work

Here it is after a little heat gun work

I was just thinking yesterday that we need some material that can shrink after the model is completed for just these kinds of things… you know, like shrinky-dinks (obviously not heat shrinking though) :slight_smile:

so what is heat gun work exactly? Your print looks amazing!

a heat gun is used to soften the material just enough to blend and hide the layers

Can you use this method on PLA plastic as well?

@Jonathan_Haberman Where the print was on the raft or where support touches the model it tends to leave a white mark on the ABS, buy using a heat gun on it for a few seconds it makes the white go away.

@Jonathan_Haberman Probably not necessary

@Daniel_ShadowDrakken I only used the heat gun on the base where it was attached to the raft and where support touched the model, otherwise what you see is how it came of the printer.

Would you say it’s producing better prints than your UP!?

Equal to and in some areas better. Bigger build platform and producing these prints with beta firmware and software so no where near full potential. UP Plus still excellent printer.

Hmmm. It certainly looks comparable to the UP! I notice it’s only suitable for ABS at this stage, yet it has a cooling fan. Did you notice if the fan was on during the print? It seems like this kind of easy support removal might have something to do with actively cooling the supports interface layer so it bonds poorly with the model…

The is nothing stopping you printing many materials. Not sure about the fan, I know that the firmware is not doing much with it at the moment, but its still early beta.

Not sure what the temperature is, but this is the one I have http://www.amazon.com/ECG-HG-300D-Mini-Heat-Gun/dp/B003N3G4WY/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1391446525&sr=8-8&keywords=HeaT+gun

Beautiful print.

I use setting two

PLA or ABS

ABS