Will PLA have any flexibility at all?

[Xoduszero]

Hello Everyone,

I am working on a project which ends up simply as a fancy CD case. I was wondering if PLA was going to be at all flexible enough to handle the little center button that the ends up going in the center of the cd. When the CD is in the case the CD shouldn't move around and then to get the CD out, you push the button in which causes the edges to flex inward and allowing you to remove the CD with ease. Will PLA be able to handle that or is it really that brittle?

Thank you for any responses.

[curious aardvark]

yep plenty flexible enough.

And no it isn't brittle at all. I tend to remove small prints from the bed by hitting them with a hammer :-)

People mistake stiffness for brittleness. Yes pla is quite stiff, but it's also pretty flexible when fairly thin. And actually if printed correctly also quite flexible when fairly thick as well.

Just use good pla.

[Xoduszero]

Awesome thank you so much for the response. I had just read online it was stiff and can be "Brittle". Any recommendations on good PLA?

[EagleSeven]

Note: there is a Difference in the filament being brittle
and the printed object being brittle.

Poor quality (brittle) filament can still print Good objects
if you are careful when feeding filament into printer.

Once the moisture and air are cooked out, when extruded, it may still be good
enough to make good quality prints.
That greatly depends on Speed settings of print.
Usually Need speed a little slower for brittle filament.