The curse of ABS (Warping)

[Black_sheep]

Thanks for sharing your recipe for warp-free ABS print Eric

As for the kapton goes I had roughly the same problems when I tried to print ABS, even cooling the bed down to room temperature didn't prevent excessive attachment and damage to the tape.

Anyways I am running my machines inside the flat and I got too much complaints from my family about the smell of ABS so I quit using it quite soon. PLA is my absolute favorite although ABS is very useful for tall thin parts

- Filip

[RP Iron Man]

Thanks for sharing your recipe for warp-free ABS print Eric

As for the kapton goes I had roughly the same problems when I tried to print ABS, even cooling the bed down to room temperature didn't prevent excessive attachment and damage to the tape.

Anyways I am running my machines inside the flat and I got too much complaints from my family about the smell of ABS so I quit using it quite soon. PLA is my absolute favorite although ABS is very useful for tall thin parts

- Filip

BTW, I forgot to mention, the parts usually pop off by themselves once the bed has cooled to about 50C. You should hear some cracking noises as this happens. You can use a fan to speed up the cooling after the print is done, but only if you are using a borosilicate or tempered glass surface. Ordinary thin window glass is more sensitive to temperature fluctuations, so it could crack if you try to cool it too quickly.

In either case, you will never have to pry the parts off the bed again

Eric