So this is an example of a part that is very difficult to print in ABS but @Made_Solid PET+ works really well on. Its a bracket for mounting a network switch under a shelf, the long piece is 100 x 10 x 10 mm the ‘short’ leg is 60 x 10 x 10 mm and the spacing is 46mm. Four brackets mounted under the shelf and the switch can slide in and out easily.
The issue doing it with ABS is warping. A lot of warping. The good news for me was that the Simplify3D app is able to print PET+ reliably on my Replicator 1 Dual.
Nice, I could do with a set of those for a switch that’s recently been added to the office. Just ran out of PLA, my next spool gets unwrapped at Christmas.
Using ABS slurry eliminates this.
PETG is my prefferred filament
I liked PETG from GixmoDorks, but it was also frustrating because it oozed a lot at a temps for good layer bonding and bridging. Maybe I need to try a different brand.
@Jeff_DeMaagd sadly oozing seems to be one of its defining characteristics. At one time @MadeSolid suggested they were going to reformulate their filament to perhaps reduce that effect but I have not heard if they did that or not (my filament from them is the oozy kind). That said, I minimize oozing by using a larger retract value and don’t print things in it with a lot of cross head traffic. I looked at perhaps a gcode strategy that would minimize its effects but just trimming it has been “good enough” and kept that off the top of the to do list.
