Has anyone printed with this material on the ff and how did it turn out?
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Has anyone printed with this material on the ff and how did it turn out?
I am curious too if it works. I am planning to try it next week. I will come back with a reply..
Also curious about PVA.
Plan to give it a try but thought I'd check the forum first.
Looks like I'm not the only one. :)
got a sample this morning.
I was expecting something a bit like hot glue gun glue stick. But it's totally clear and very hard.
Looks interesting.
Don't envision any problems.
first trial... Materials: ABS and PVA
PVA prints very nice on Flashforge Creator Pro, sticks to the platform, but going further - ABS is NOT STICKING to PVA support :rolleyes: :p
That's a good thing. i would think.
what temp did you print the pva at ?
I haven't looked it up yet
PVA: 190 for the nozzle and 60 for the platform.
Second trial: Raft - ABS, object - ABS, PVA as support, . PVA not sticking to ABS, of course...
Now the next step is to find out how to make those 2 stick together so I can have my model... at some point... :(
try printing the pva at a higher temp.
Can't think of any other way to make it stick.
Can't get too high of temp with PVA or it will burn up. 180-190 max...
There is a recent discussion on the FlashForge Google group about this mix of PVA and ABS. Pretty much difficult to get right because of the optimum temp difference between both filaments.
Yeah I am having the exact same results. PVA sticks nicely to the bed but the ABS refuses to adhere to the PVA. I've tried temps from 190 to 230 on the PVA and no change.
I've seen mixed statements online that PVA and ABS don't mix...other sites say they do.. hard to figure out.
Wish I had some PLA, apprently that sticks to PVA real well.
heated or unheated bed ?
What speeds and temps did you use? I have tried ABS and PLA and nothing seems to stick to the PVA.
Just occurred to me that I could try a slow speed. All attempts so far have been at 40.
Dan
heated... I tried heated at various temperatures between 20 and 65 degrees. It stays in its place the first 15-20 minutes.
The speed is very, very low...
maybe start with a pla raft and then print support onto that.
tried that already and PVA did not stick on PLA raft... :(
Yeah I tried a PLA raft and couldn't get the PVA to stick to it.
Gonna try a very low print speed and see if that works.
maybe people who succeeded have another type of printer...
Does you slicer takes account of the distant gap for the support material? For instance, Cura usually sets nearly 1mm gap between the real object and the support. Maybe it is worth a check to see if the slicer did not set some random high value?
Any more discussion on this pva and abs with ff or another link to look at. Newbie here. Sorry if this is old ground.
one tip is to use a solution of the pva on your bed. Kind of like abs gloop, but use water and the pva.
That's what the guys who make vanish told me anyway :-)
I figure if that works, then standard gluestick should also have a pretty good chance of working as well.