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Re: 3d printers and robots

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Originally Posted by EricH View Post
I think that's what we were thinking at one point, or something like it. We tend to run on the cool side of PLA's range, at something like 185 C or 190 C (after 220 C proved to be a little too warpy after the parts cooled), so that might also have something to do with it.

We have ABS, but haven't used it yet to my knowledge--IIRC, we were concerned about the smells/fumes we've heard it has.
It has a slight burnt plasticky smell and I wouldn't use it in an enclosed small room. However, nothing I've read says anything too bad about it. I will say that it warps even more and you have to print on the high end of things (I run my nozzles at 220C and the heated bed at 115C). Enclosing the build area is important, without the top enclosure I had some pretty major warping.
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