I was a little worried to print my wall hook in ABS because I read plenty of posts from makers that said that it tends to warp and split during printing. Since I already had a spool of ABS, I figured I should give it a try.
The print came out looking great. The ABS print actually has less visible layer lines in some spots. That might be because I used a white ABS filament compared to a matte light gray PLA filament.
I only had one issue with this project. When I was setting up the project in Cura, the recommended bed temperature for ABS is 80 degrees Celcius. My printer gave me a couple messages that stated, "Heating Error, Printing Halted, Please Reset.". I am not sure was caused it, but I will say my printer does that when I run the bed hotter. So I consulted the specs for ABS and saw that 80 degrees were on the high end of the range. I tried the print with bed temperatures of 70 and 75 degrees. In the end, 75 degrees worked out well.
As I write this, I have the printer heating up to run a different project in ABS. I will have to see if I get similar results.
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| ABS Hook Installed |
Wall Hook In Use
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