Originally shared by Josh Azevedo
Clear abs with smoothing. Someone asked about clear and and smoothing. I had this guy laying around that was my first print in abs. Failed on the top had a small hole. Vapor smoothed about 30/40 seconds.
Those look fantastic!
That’s worth investigating. Thanks for posting this.
I hadn’t seen clear prints before, they’re surprisingly…clear.
I can’t comment on the original post, unfortunately, so I may never get an answer… But what sort of clear ABS is this? I looked into it once upon a time, and there are a few standard formulations for it that aren’t quite just ABS, but I never got to the point of playing with the different options to see which would give the best transparency effects.
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I will try this today, I have some failed clear abs part to test on.
Looks good.
Top secret clear ABS or something currently available?
@Jon_Caywood , it’s available out there. I was introduced to the stuff as “MABS” by @Whosa_whatsis a while back. Just google “Clear ABS”. It’s not typically listed as MABS anywhere.
Makes me wonder if decent glass lenses could be printed using that material (I’m no expert on refraction, etc. though)