Kids, this is why you don’t leave your GUS Simpson in a car, even on a California day that doesn’t seem particularly hot. Bad news: total loss. Good news: the next one will be better.
Sorry for your loss. Are you going to print the next one with ABS?
This is why you don’t make printers out of PLA parts.
I’ve never tried ABS but I do have some. Maybe Nylon… what do you think?
Well at least you got one print out of Spider pig. :-/
I had a play with Bridge recently. It seems really awesome, its like a Nylon that’s as easy to print as PLA, well worth a look.
That is sad but a good reason to print new arms. It looks like I will have a proto done of the new arms next week.
Here’s a hint @Daniel_Bull don’t print in Nylon either. Its heat deflection temp is lower than that of PLA and you’ll have the same problems, if not worse. Polycarb or ABS all the way. Sure…the stuff stinks. But it’s not going to melt in your car.
@Brandon_Heller Please send me a “ship to:” address from my site…My dime. Bridge and 645.
@Tom_Martz , haven’t had any experience with bridge yet, but I have had experience with 608 and 645. Both have deformed under load in a hot car for me; does bridge have a higher glass transition/heat deflection than 608 and 645?
@ThantiK thats interesting I didn’t know that? I thought it would be more heat resistant due to the higher printing temperature?
@Daniel_Bull I thought exactly the same thing. I was so excited to print out my i3 parts in Nylon, only to mount a motor up high on my i3 frame, leave it in the car, and watch the weight of the motor stretch the nylon out, and the tension of the extruder idler slowly get lost over and over and over again before I figured out why.
@ThantiK @Daniel_Bull @Brandon_Heller All good comments and you’re correct as to heat deflection. The note I would mention to Brandon is that we and our industrial users print at .7mm nozzles and multiple perim’s to eliminate/reduce the effect. Of course difficult with small parts, but with these it should be applicable. As an example, we have an internal design for direct drive extruders that are coupled to NEMA 23’s. They get a lot of heat exposure and are under a high stress for testing materials that only come in 1/8", 1/4" or 3/8" rods. These extruder housings are printed with 645 using a .7mm nozzle, 3 shell, 50% fill 4 solid T/B. As not everyone has .7mm nozzles, we suggest a greater # of perm and higher fill to control thermal pliability. I think getting some to Brandon to test helps us all.
Thanks Tom, I sent that via the Taulman web site form.
I am saddened by this… It is just sad to see a printer go like that…
PLA or ABS? What brand filament?
Ultimachine Red PLA, my go-to brand/color.