mooklepticon@lemm.ee to 3DPrinting@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoPETG is just as stringy as I was toldfiles.catbox.moeexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up14arrow-down1external-linkPETG is just as stringy as I was toldfiles.catbox.moemooklepticon@lemm.ee to 3DPrinting@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square14fedilinkfile-text
Yikes. Gonna have to work with this material a bunch to learn how to use it. Model - https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1545913
minus-squareSzethFriendOfNimi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 days agoFourth rule… painters tape as bed surface will save your PEI sheets and holds PETG really well. Or G10/Garolite
minus-squareManzas@lemdro.idlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoUsing G10 can recommend if you scratch it up you can just use the other side and if you have a metal probe you can add aluminium tape to the side you aren’t using and get full functionality.
minus-squarebluewing@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoOr just use a textured PEI plate at the proper bed temperature. There is very little need for special adjuncts to print PETG.
Fourth rule… painters tape as bed surface will save your PEI sheets and holds PETG really well.
Or G10/Garolite
Using G10 can recommend if you scratch it up you can just use the other side and if you have a metal probe you can add aluminium tape to the side you aren’t using and get full functionality.
Or just use a textured PEI plate at the proper bed temperature. There is very little need for special adjuncts to print PETG.