Friday, June 1, 2012

Printing in ABS

I recently received a roll of ABS from Czech and decided to 3D print squirrel with it. For some reason the squirrel has become a kind of calibration cube for me.
 First impressions are quite positive. ABS is a lot more dimensionaly unstabler that PLA. To prevent severe warping a good heated bed and preferably heated chamber is a must. Also ABS smooths small details so the print comes out a lot cleaner but it lacks some detail.
 I will publish a full review of the Czech ABS but currently it feels quite good and my reprap seems to like it also.




Printing settings where as follows:
  • layer height 0.2mm
  • perimeters 3
  • bed temperature 105 C
  • hotend temperature 
    • 265 C first layer
    • 245 C all other layers
  • printing speed 45mm/s
  • infill 0%
  • solid layers 4
I suspect that my termistor is a little off, so temperatures are indicative not absolute.