ABS hot-box and acrylic

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    Henry feldman Well-Known Member

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    So excuse my ignorance if the acrylic we are getting has a higher melting temp than run of the mill stuff. When printing with ABS (or other high-temp materials) on big prints I was figuring on sealing up the printer to create a hot-box, but was wondering since the temperature of the box could quite conceivably get up around the softening temperature for acrylic which would seem to be a serious issue if the printer frame softened! Any thoughts (particularly now that we can print up to 400C)?
     
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    At the temperatures needed to soften acrylic (~90C), the stepper motors would be way past thermal design spec.

    With ABS and other similar materials, ~50C is sufficient to reduce/eliminate warp in my experience.
     
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    Thanks, that makes total sense. So I guess I will need a thermostatic control to release heat at the top of the box to keep the temps within spec.
     

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