• IMALlama@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    You’re saying ABS is printing easier for you than ASA? That’s interesting. From my limited understanding, ASA has the reputation of being easier to print.

    What brands/blends? I’ve been printing basically only ASA and PETG for a little while now. Haven’t tried ABS.

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      22 hours ago

      Yes in my experience, ABS is an easier print.

      For ASA, I think maybe Sainsmart. They also do bad tpu, so maybe source was the problem.

      How do you handle fumes with ASA? they are much worse than ABS, imo.

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        14 hours ago

        Huh, any particular ABS brand(s)? I am tempted to grab a roll. I’ve been running polymaker’s ASA and other than warpage on big parts with my lower chamber temps (yay big printer with lots of enclosure surface area) it prints fairly well.

        I run the filter inside an enclosed printer with an exhaust fan.