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I've been working on and off on a pair of 3D-printed LA boats; one in 96th, the other upscaled to 72nd off the plans Bob sells at the Drydocks. However, as I'm monkeying with different things, I've been experimenting with different filaments and settings on my printer to see if I can get parts to be more refined or achieve different qualities, and so on.
Right now, I'm experimenting with a hull print of the 144th Typhoon in ABS after running out of PETG filament, and my initial results were spotty. I had a couple of print failures due to adhesion issues, but a little googling told me I needed to do a little more prep between each print and clean my build plate when using ABS.
However, in discovering these notes and nuggets, I've arrived at this conclusion: for the best ease of use and interaction, I think PETG is the overall best filament to use... at least with my particular printer, which is the Flashforge Adventurer 5M Pro. However, that's because I was able to print two LA hulls and assorted parts with almost no problems from start to finish that weren't user error. Am I saying ABS is a lesser material? Absolutely not. PETG has just been easier to work with for me... so far.
ABS seems to be a more highly-rated plastic, which makes sense because PETG is marketed as a middle-of-the-road option between PLA and ABS. However, I'm new to the material, and these are my initial thoughts. I do intend to print the entire hull in ABS if I can to see how well my printer will handle it as well as whether or not I will learn from any mistakes made in order to refine printer and file settings to achieve the optimal results. I will also note that I am printing this hull at 100% infill.
But, since I'm still a novice to this hobby, I would like to invite comment: what filament options have you had the most success with? Are you a PETG user exclusively? Do you only print ABS/ASA? Do you find that even PLA is good enough for what you're doing?
I've been working on and off on a pair of 3D-printed LA boats; one in 96th, the other upscaled to 72nd off the plans Bob sells at the Drydocks. However, as I'm monkeying with different things, I've been experimenting with different filaments and settings on my printer to see if I can get parts to be more refined or achieve different qualities, and so on.
Right now, I'm experimenting with a hull print of the 144th Typhoon in ABS after running out of PETG filament, and my initial results were spotty. I had a couple of print failures due to adhesion issues, but a little googling told me I needed to do a little more prep between each print and clean my build plate when using ABS.
However, in discovering these notes and nuggets, I've arrived at this conclusion: for the best ease of use and interaction, I think PETG is the overall best filament to use... at least with my particular printer, which is the Flashforge Adventurer 5M Pro. However, that's because I was able to print two LA hulls and assorted parts with almost no problems from start to finish that weren't user error. Am I saying ABS is a lesser material? Absolutely not. PETG has just been easier to work with for me... so far.
ABS seems to be a more highly-rated plastic, which makes sense because PETG is marketed as a middle-of-the-road option between PLA and ABS. However, I'm new to the material, and these are my initial thoughts. I do intend to print the entire hull in ABS if I can to see how well my printer will handle it as well as whether or not I will learn from any mistakes made in order to refine printer and file settings to achieve the optimal results. I will also note that I am printing this hull at 100% infill.
But, since I'm still a novice to this hobby, I would like to invite comment: what filament options have you had the most success with? Are you a PETG user exclusively? Do you only print ABS/ASA? Do you find that even PLA is good enough for what you're doing?
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