I just switched from PLA to ABS and nothing coming thru extr

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Jules
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Re: I just switched from PLA to ABS and nothing coming thru

Post by Jules » Tue Apr 26, 2016 8:17 pm

There's a lot of really good information in the Filaments forum, particularly in the thread below:

viewtopic.php?f=11&t=1951

It will save you time and wasted filament. ;)

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Re: I just switched from PLA to ABS and nothing coming thru

Post by thunderbt3 » Wed Apr 27, 2016 12:54 pm

wisdomknight wrote:Thats good to know. It frustrating learning these particular setting.
Thanks again

BTW is ABS safe, the fumes? I opened the window because of this.
But its too cool for it unless I close the window behind the printer
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acs.est.5b04983

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Re: I just switched from PLA to ABS and nothing coming thru

Post by Jules » Wed May 04, 2016 4:54 am

Most of the folks who are concerned about the effects of long term exposure to ABS just print PETG instead. ;)

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