I am having a lot of difficulty getting my ABS prints to stick to the print bed. Using temperatures in the 220 to 237 degree range are not helping. I've tried various starting Z-axis heights along with blue painter's tape, Kapton tape and acetone/ABS "juice". So far the best results allow half a dozen layers to be printed before the corner's lift enough to destroy the print. Everything works great in PLA, but I have a large stock of ABS that I would like to use up.
I suspect that I need a higher first layer temperature for my brand of ABS, which may be of higher temperature than normal. However, the firmware shuts down the print if the print head hits 240 degrees. With a first layer temp set to 238, the controller's overshoot triggers the 240 degree shutdown. Is there a way to disable this from the LCD menus? Can it be set higher without any Arduino programming gear ?
Perhaps someone else has some ABS printing tips that would help. I may try PET tape, but it would take a couple of weeks to mail order.
Thanks in advance for any help ... /Glenn
I suspect that I need a higher first layer temperature for my brand of ABS, which may be of higher temperature than normal. However, the firmware shuts down the print if the print head hits 240 degrees. With a first layer temp set to 238, the controller's overshoot triggers the 240 degree shutdown. Is there a way to disable this from the LCD menus? Can it be set higher without any Arduino programming gear ?
Perhaps someone else has some ABS printing tips that would help. I may try PET tape, but it would take a couple of weeks to mail order.
Thanks in advance for any help ... /Glenn