ABS Warping

[curious aardvark]

The reason I have been trying ABS is that I bought 5 rolls when I got the printer almost 3 years ago and always thought that was the best and strongest but will have to try some of the newer ones.

lol - I have several shelfs FULL of old abs.
I used abs for the first 6 months I had a 3d printer, then tried pla and have never touched abs again.
With a raft it worked reasonably well. Not brilliand but useable.
But I could never print without a raft and rafts make the base look horrible and can be right bastards to seperate from larger prints or prints that take a long time.

UNless you have a heated enclosure pla will always make stronger, more durable prints.
And their are so many different and easy to print with filaments out there now that nobody ever needs to use abs.

Plus it stinks up your workshop and you have to do matrhs to get the sizes accurate.
It's just way way more hassle than its worth.

[Roberts_Clif]

But I could never print without a raft and rafts make the base look horrible and can be right bastards to separate from larger prints or prints that take a long time.

I hate using rafts they are horrible, most of my models have a flat surface making the rafts unnecessary. though a heated print chamber sure make a difference.