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Re: esun petg

Post by jimc » Fri Apr 03, 2015 4:17 am

ahhh nice opaque red!

sneak peek at the green and orange. the green is a little brighter than how it appears in the pic
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Re: esun petg

Post by rsilvers » Fri Apr 03, 2015 4:43 am

I bet you could 3D print a realistic-looking lollipop with that.
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Post by sthone » Fri Apr 03, 2015 4:15 pm

rsilvers wrote:I bet you could 3D print a realistic-looking lollipop with that.
Little late for Aprils fools day. :lol: That green looks pretty cool though and I can't wait to get my hands on some of that black.

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Re: esun petg

Post by rsilvers » Sat Apr 04, 2015 12:15 am

I have been printing PETG with fan like PLA, but maybe it is best without a fan like ABS?

Would it benefit from heated build like ABS, or does it want to be cool like PLA?

I just want whatever will give the most dimensionally stable mechanical parts.
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Post by jimc » Sat Apr 04, 2015 12:57 am

Pet works with both fan or no fan. I usually run no fan but if its a small part or when i get to a layer where there are tiny features i know will get heat soaked a little i will turn the fan on for a bit.
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Post by jereywolf » Sat Apr 04, 2015 1:58 am

jimc wrote:Pet works with both fan or no fan. I usually run no fan but if its a small part or when i get to a layer where there are tiny features i know will get heat soaked a little i will turn the fan on for a bit.
That would be a nice setting to have rather than speed reduction. The fan can turn on during a layer less than so many seconds. Do you think that would be as useful as slowing down? Or maybe a combination of the two???
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Post by jimc » Sat Apr 04, 2015 2:09 am

S3d does have that setting. Increase fan speed for layers below x sec.
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Re: esun petg

Post by rsilvers » Sat Apr 04, 2015 2:34 am

I see. So use a fan if I am making, say, a small threaded bolt and not printing a bunch of them at once.

But for a normal large part, use no fan.

Interesting.
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Re: esun petg

Post by jimc » Sat Apr 04, 2015 2:41 am

You got it :D
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Re: esun petg

Post by jereywolf » Sat Apr 04, 2015 3:06 am

jimc wrote:S3d does have that setting. Increase fan speed for layers below x sec.
Wow, not sure how I missed that.
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