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Thoughts and Experiments For Making Heat-Resistant prints
How do I print structural things (cup holder, pin, etc.) for the inside or outside of a car?
- standard PLA is out: heat sensitive
- there's ePLA and PLA+ and other special PLA that claims to be more heat sensitive. Reviews are sketch and brands unrecognized
- ABS would require printer modifications
- PETG might be a reasonable compromise?
PETG
- PETG settings on Ender 3 V2/Pro tl;dr no fan, bed at 60*C
Annealing
Whatever material used, it seems the annealing process will be important
- method for annealing: tl;dr use sand and a toaster oven
- annealing experiments: tl;dr 110*C for PETG
Annealing PETG
Material | temp | Item | X Pre | X Post | Change X by | Y Pre | Y Post | Change Y by | Z Pre | Z Post | Change Z by |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Atomic Carbon Fiber PETG | 110*C | W123 pin | 49mm | 46.25mm | 106% | 27.82 | 27.04 | 103% |