Saved a multi-part print from possible disaster with some masking tape.
The left-most part began peeling at the top early in the print, but was holding otherwise. When it broke completely loose on the last few layers, I moved it out of the way, and applied a loop (sticky side out) of masking tape in the place where the loose piece was. The remaining layers stuck well enough to this piece and the rest printed nicely.
Obviously this will only work for layers low enough to approximate with a loop of masking tape, but thought I’d share. In the past, I’ve used double-sticky foam tape as well with some success.
I’ve done this a few times in the past, and it is a good solution in a pinch. I prefer to use “exclude gcode” in #pronterface which works superb, but I have almost zero issues with adhesion these days, so #octoprint is fine even without that particular feature.
I tried a product similar to coropad (based on the pictures) but found PLA prints nearly impossible to remove. After pulling it up and tearing it trying to remove a print, I abandoned it entirely. Edit: Remembered the name: Buildtak
Good point - I had forgotten about that option. Slic3r has it too. The clearance area on the Rostock is pretty large, but would be OK for these since they’re pretty short on the Z axis. I’ll try that on my next batch.
If you see a PLA part coming loose, you can save it by applying a squeeze of hotglue over the loose parts edges to glue it back to the builtplate. No problem if the glue sticks out; the hotend will plow right trough it, you can peel of the excess glue later. No experience with abs, but it should work too as there is no mixing of the polymers.
