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RE: 3d Printing for the Newbie Part 1 - How does it work?
very well explained
For my opinion, because of its shrinking- and warping characteristics, ABS is no material to recommend for Newbees, they might get frustrated very soon.
I would prefer PETG instead of ABS.
It is stronger and not so brittle as PLA but nearly as easy to use
I agree, but PETG has its own issues. most hotends use a PTFE tube for a part of the way, and unless there is a really good heat break, the hotend temperatures of 240-255 can cause that PTFE tube to get soft and interfere with the PETG flow. Also, getting PETG to adhere to a non-PEI bed is rather difficult and a lot of the heated beds have a hard time getting past 70 to the 80-90 that is recommended for PETG. but once you overcome all of these issues, you get a very good material that is very strong and still relatively cheap. here is an example of a PETG print i made:
Also, thank you for the compliment.
As I use a CR10 I know what you are talking about..
But I never had any issue with the PTFE tube, as the Nozzle Temperatur is usualy 235°C for PETG
Ok the large Printbed takes a while to reach 80° so i isolated it from the back so it takes ~15 Minutes for preparing.
But, on the other Hand, I never got it hot enough to get ABS stick on this Printer