First time printing ABS
I'm fairly excited. I finally got ventilation hooked up this morning with an activated charcoal filter so that I could print ABS.
Thought this might be useful for others that havent' tried ABS yet. I had already bought the ventilation kits for my enclosures which includes a 120mm fan, a 120mm to 4" hose adapter, a length of 4" dryer hose and the clamps to hook it all together.
What it didn't have was a means to filter the exhaust instead of having to move the printers to vent it outside. I bought one of these
https://www.3dupfitters.com/products/fan-and-charcoal-air-filter
And I printed one of these from the same folks that make the filter.
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3873068
Using some hatchbox pastel green abs I printed first the batman model that comes with the printer, resliced with abs settings.
That worked great. Now printing a maneki neko(lucky cat) which is my standby test print object I use to ensure settings are dialed in. I have come to use Layerneer Bed Weld as sort of my easy button on getting stuff to stick.
All in all pretty happy with this so far.
RE: First time printing ABS
Nice looking set up.
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Chuck H
3D Printer Review Blog
RE: First time printing ABS
If I end up printing ABS a lot I'm going to move the printers to my unfinished storage area of the basement. There I can vent into the sump area which gets air drawn out by the radon mitigation system. If it's only occasionally then I think this setup will be fine. The 120mm fan forces the air out of the enclosure and the filter end has an 80mm fan that forces the air through the activated charcoal filter. I had some discussions with swiss about it and he thought the 3dupfitters filter seemed worth a shot.
RE: First time printing ABS
@ssill2
I print ABS several times per week. It is not an every day film it for me.
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Chuck H
3D Printer Review Blog
RE: First time printing ABS
I like PETG, TPU and PLA for the lack of smell etc
But I wanted to be able to print ABS/ASA should the need arise.
RE: First time printing ABS
I find the active charcoal with hepa are ok. But I vent mine outside in addition.
RE: First time printing ABS
yeah I'll probably end up doing that just gotta do some spring cleaning in that storage area. I have tons of room in there and I could easy run the hose to where the radon mitigation system will vent it outside. Was more interested in just trying it out in case I had an actual part I needed to print in abs.
The two printers are on a tall workbench with wheels so I can roll them in there when I'm ready to move them.
RE: First time printing ABS
I prefer ASA over ABS. Easier to print and less smell.
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Chuck H
3D Printer Review Blog
RE: First time printing ABS
ASA was going to be my next one. My wife is big into Halloween and I was going to print some stuff to go on the porch and in the yard.
RE: First time printing ABS
@cwbullet
Do you have a favorite ASA manufacturer?
RE: First time printing ABS
@dan-rogers
I have an internal filter for this with no vent and it works.
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Chuck H
3D Printer Review Blog
RE: First time printing ABS
yay. Successful test
RE: First time printing ABS
@ssill2
Prusa, polymaker, and filament one
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Chuck H
3D Printer Review Blog
RE: First time printing ABS
@cwbullet
oh nice, I might get a spool and try it. ASA seems to have a lot less colors to choose from.
RE: First time printing ABS
@cwbullet
oh nice, I might get a spool and try it. ASA seems to have a lot less colors to choose from.
has more colors than most.
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Chuck H
3D Printer Review Blog
RE: First time printing ABS
@cwbullet
yeah that orange and green are nice. I was going to print that grumpy jack-o-lantern for my wife for Halloween, That might look pretty good. Maybe i'll give the MMU a try and do a multi color print.
RE: First time printing ABS
I'd call this a pretty good start in ABS lol
RE: First time printing ABS
@ssill2
I have a roll of the orange. I want the yellow.
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Chuck H
3D Printer Review Blog