Does it work with ABS?

Good news from here....

I was able last weekend to print yellow ABS with the standard Materia 101 extruder at 235 degrees without warping. My setup is the following:

  • based on an Materia 101 3D printer kit
  • extended with a folded Kaptan Heaterpad supplied with 12V, 20A power supply
  • printing at 235 degrees on a kaptan tape on top of the glass...
  • supported with UHU 'Magic' blue glue stick (without this it didn't work)

I've extend my Materia 101 Kit recently with a Kaptan Heaterpad. Although the size of this heaterpad was 20x20 cm, I was able to fold it to fit the dimensions of the Materia 101 tray. The power-supply is a 12V, 20A supply, which is able to bring up the temp to 100 degrees. The temp is controlled by a PID controller (industrial fridge controller) and I placed the PID sensor on the bottum of the tray. This enables me to control the temparature of the heater-bed indepdently of the printing process.

Although it's still an experimental setup I enjoyed it very much to see the first positve results... especially since I ordered 2 ABS spools, prior to having the the heater-bed construction in place.

Have a great 2015.

Bas.
Netherlands