Any tips on removing dense support?

[scampa123]

I've been printing some larger curved objects with allot of support...The challenge is removing the support...

I've mainly been using needle nose pliers to try to remove, but I was wondering if folks have other (better) ways of removing the support?

[scampa123]

I may need to just reprint...This was a good lesson in orienting the model in different ways and generating supports. I see now that if I had oriented it differently and had S3D generate supports there would have been allot less support to deal with...cuts down on wasted plastic and time spent printing too!!

[Jules]

yes!

[scampa123]

I'm getting better at this...slowly!!

yes!

[Jules]

How we all do it.... (And you ought to see my collection of tweezers, pliers and sprue cutters!) ROFL!

[zemlin]

How we all do it.... (And you ought to see my collection of tweezers, pliers and sprue cutters!) ROFL!

My collection includes scalpels and kevlar gloves.

[Jules]

How we all do it.... (And you ought to see my collection of tweezers, pliers and sprue cutters!) ROFL!

My collection includes scalpels and kevlar gloves.

And we mustn't forget the drills, bits and dremels!

[jimc]

sal, if thats petg you need to remember petg sticks to itself so well that supports are always a real bear to remove. its far different than pla or abs. avoid supports on petg prints at all cost

[scampa123]

Hey Jim!!

No, in this case it's PLA....

sal, if thats petg you need to remember petg sticks to itself so well that supports are always a real bear to remove. its far different than pla or abs. avoid supports on petg prints at all cost