Does someone has already print with RED ABS 1,786 mm ??

Summary:

I have a Makerbot Thing o Matic 3D printer with an extruder motor MK6 Stepstruder and I would like to try to build parts with the RED ABS 1,786 mm so I would like to know if someone has already used this filament and with which temperature for the extruder and plateform ? Thanks in advance !!

Does someone has already print with RED ABS 1,786 mm ??

Anais25 07 Sep 2012 09:11

I have a Makerbot Thing o Matic 3D printer with an extruder motor MK6 Stepstruder and I would like to try to build parts with the RED ABS 1,786 mm so I would like to know if someone has already used this filament and with which temperature for the extruder and plateform ? If you have others advices about this filament !

Thanks in advance !!

Re: Does someone has already print with RED ABS 1,786 mm ??

Jetguy 07 Sep 2012 11:50

For ABS always use between around 210-230 C for the extruder and a Heated bed around 100-115C. THat's for any color and it's the defaults in replicator-g. Just print.

PLA is the tricky plastic-Makerbot's in general are designed to print ABS by default.

There is no real trick to ABS other than a clean, heated, kapton tape based heated bed.

Re: Does someone has already print with RED ABS 1,786 mm ??

Anais25 07 Sep 2012 15:04

ok thank you , so we don't care if it is a 3mm ABS filament or a 1,786 mm ABS filament ? We can use the same temperature for both diameter ?

Re: Does someone has already print with RED ABS 1,786 mm ??

Jetguy 08 Sep 2012 16:59

Exactly, why would you expect temerature to change?

Sorry, I shouldn't make it sound like that's a bad question, you have every right to ask that, it's just something us old timers figure everyone else knows.
Again, it's a valid question and I thought Makerbot used to say in the porduct page descriptions the recommended temps, but with the new Replicator, they want everyone to use defaults anyway thus just checking the desciptions wasn't helpful.

In fact, both systems (3mm or 1.78) use the same nozzle output size so input size doesn't matter. The only thing is that you are smashing a 3mm fialment into a 0.4mm string and in theory, smashing a 1.75mm filament into a 0.4mm string is easier to feed. It them becomes like a gear ratio (in the settings) in that you feed more 1.75mm filament (length) to get the same extruded length of 0.4mm.
Only thing that matters is the material type for temperature

Last edited on 08 Sep 2012 17:08 by Jetguy Show more

Re: Does someone has already print with RED ABS 1,786 mm ??

Anais25 10 Sep 2012 11:59

ok thanks for your answer , i would like to be sure !