I am new to 3D printing and have been successful with PLA prints, but I am failing with ABS. The two problems I have are slight delaminations of my layers and the first layer is lifting the tape off my heated bed. I am using Solutech glow 1.75mm filament in my printer. I am letting Slic3r pick the optimal perimeter and infill speeds and have the bed set to 100C and the extruder set to 230C. Room is normal room temperature around 70F
First the warping issue. My 3d printer has a heated bed, but can only heat to 103C, it does not seem to want to get any hotter. I am covering the bed with blue painters tape, from Harbor Freight, not name brand and then spraying the bed with AquaNet. I also print a raft and the print sticks perfectly to the tape, but the tape is lifting off the bed! Do I need different tape? Should I print directly on the aluminum? I thought about setting the bed temperature higher, around 110c and trying to achieve that temperature with a heat gun, thoughts?
Regarding my slight delamination, I think I can fix this. It was terrible at 220c and at 230C the piece is solid and won’t break apart. I think I will try 235C next to see if that fixes it. Should I also put a fixed speed into my perimeter setting?
Thanks in advance
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