Bartsbigbugbag@lemmy.world to 3DPrinting@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoModelled and printed a piece for my fence. Has held up for 15mo and counting.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up1147arrow-down13
arrow-up1144arrow-down1imageModelled and printed a piece for my fence. Has held up for 15mo and counting.lemmy.worldBartsbigbugbag@lemmy.world to 3DPrinting@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squareFartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·1 year agoIt’s gonna melt any day now because you didn’t use glass filled nylon!
minus-squareBartsbigbugbag@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoHaha. I was a bit concerned about it, so I used ASA, and it seems to be holding up alright. Fingers crossed it continues to do so.
minus-squareFartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agolol, honestly I’d never even heard about ASA until you mentioned it. Is it easier than ABS?
minus-squareBartsbigbugbag@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoIt’s not too bad. It does lift unless enclosed, but it’s basically ABS that’s slightly easier to print and UV resistant.
minus-squareFartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoSounds like a pretty good choice for this application!
It’s gonna melt any day now because you didn’t use glass filled nylon!
Haha. I was a bit concerned about it, so I used ASA, and it seems to be holding up alright. Fingers crossed it continues to do so.
lol, honestly I’d never even heard about ASA until you mentioned it. Is it easier than ABS?
It’s not too bad. It does lift unless enclosed, but it’s basically ABS that’s slightly easier to print and UV resistant.
Sounds like a pretty good choice for this application!