1 Topic by brover

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Topic: ABS filament

Hi all,

I have two 3d printers, a Prusa I3 where I am experimenting with the Marlin firmware, started from scratch because I did not have the original files for this printer. I can tell you, it's not easy. My second printer is the XYZ Davinci 2.0
This last printer is working fine, I like it because this one is already printing ;-)
I have a question regarding my XYZ printer, it prints fine in ABS only with larger object it shows gap (see image)

http://www.kalidesign.be/pics/sized_xyz1.jpg

second picture it's worse, there the gap is large.

http://www.kalidesign.be/pics/sized_xyz2.jpg

Anybody have some tip to prevent this

2 Reply by carl_m1968

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Re: ABS filament

Print as hollow as possible and keep all the doors closed on the Da Vinci. ABS needs to cool very slow and evenly. Open doors or drafts cause uneven cooling and splits.

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3 Reply by Telemachus

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Re: ABS filament

Perhaps a bit more heat on the hotend...  if using stock firmware, it might be useful to use a chip resetter and pump the heat up about 10 degrees.

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