Today’s Lesson: BOX
Last night’s print, in the top 2 photos. It was a large piece of a multi-piece print I’m getting started on now that I like how the printer is behaving.
The top photo looks great. I’ve never seen the printer be this consistent. Really excited.
The middle photos shows some pretty serious layer separation. This is because ABS likes it hot. Real hot. The extruder is set to 230C, and the bed is at 85C. Unfortunately, the house is cold. Real cold. So - as the print lays out, the ABS starts cooling at different rates, and that makes it curl and eventually split.
The fix for this is to keep the entire print environment at a higher temperature, then let it all cool simultaneously. You do this with an enclosure.
Tonight’s “print” is the bottom photo - the bigass box. It’s MDF on 4 sides, and would have a hinged acrylic front if Home Depot labeled their acrylic sheets with their actual dimensions. (I’m exchanging soon)
So! The printer goes in the box. The box shuts. The box keeps the printer warm. My ABS prints get better layer adhesion!
I love box.
