24. How to print with ABS perfectly?
Oct 4, 2020
Recently, I bought ABS filament to print something like this which needs to be really strong. However, I was a little bit concerned with the potential issues that can come up while printing with ABS.
Fortunately, I found this gem on youtube and watched it multiple times.
I highly recommend this video before you do anything with ABS.
Here are some helpful nuggets with timelines:
2:15 What is ABS?
3:22 Why ABS is hard to print with?
6:43 How to reduce ABS shrinkage issues? Bed Adhesion Hair Spray PEI Sheet First Layer Height percentage tweak
20:27 Control draft air near the printer especially the hotend
26:44 Tweak the design to reduce the shrinkage force
29:34 Mouse ears technique
32:20 How to add mouse ears using Simplify3D
Hope this helps. Enjoy!
