Thread: Easy PA filament.

Originally Posted by loanrangie;[URL="tel:3263590"

3263590[/URL]]Bought a spool to print some wiper gears and window reg clips, info says that an enclosure is required i guess to keep the heat in ?
Might have to knock up an alloy frame and get some perspex to cover it.

Yes. My printer has one. But I’m not sure how much difference it makes. Maybe in winter. Mine is just perspex, a little like a turntable lid.

Makes an enormous difference.

Preheat the chamber too, using the build plate if you don’t have a heater, with the door closed before printing.

as tombie says, it make a really big difference

i have used a cardboard box to get around it in the days when i had the prusa i3 before i built an ikea enclusre for it

worked well apart from the lack of vision

I print with ABS, which can distort when cooling, so an enclosure makes a huge difference to print quality. It is easy to make up an enclosure using coreflute sheets with a clear polycarb sheet for the front flap. Just tape the joins with cloth tape.

Chris

Originally Posted by cjc_td5

I print with ABS, which can distort when cooling, so an enclosure makes a huge difference to print quality. It is easy to make up an enclosure using coreflute sheets with a clear polycarb sheet for the front flap. Just tape the joins with cloth tape.

Chris

I have a lot of qubelok 25mm alloy tube and joiners so i'll make a frame and cover it with poly carb sheet.

Frame made, I will wrap it with shrink wrap for now.