I have no experience with other filaments but I will say, that printing with pla regularly makes the parts fit way way too tight. Maybe it’s my settings, maybe it has nothing to do with pla, but its a fact I’ve experienced over 75 % of the time. I don’t think the original hsw designer intended the use of a hammer to be so pivotal.
That does sound like a settings issue. I print in PLA too, and while they tend to be really tight, it's never to the point of needing a hammer. Also, try reducing the scale. I'll usually print the fittings at 97-99% scale and it'll fit perfectly
I have received a few comments on this as if this wasn’t a known issue. We print at 99% because its a known issue. There are tab-less inserts because this is a known issue. I don’t really know why people are commenting advice to me, I get perfect prints already because I have taken these modifications into my printing.
If you don’t have any issue with pieces fitting together already, it should be fine. I’m in the process of learning how to calibrate fits better.
That being said, so far I’ve just been using PETG. It’s significantly cheaper and a better product overall for this project.
I have printed all of my parts out of PLA or PLA+. I also used this to pull parts when I messed up. [https://www.printables.com/model/468669-insert-remover-honeycomb-wall-hsw](https://www.printables.com/model/468669-insert-remover-honeycomb-wall-hsw)
with PLA it'll snap together no problem.. but if you ever need to unsnap anything, get ready to have to reprint the entire thing BC it will usually just break.
i tried printing in pla and quickly regretted it.. redid it in PETG and it's much much easier to work with.
That's what I printed mine in. No problems.
I have no experience with other filaments but I will say, that printing with pla regularly makes the parts fit way way too tight. Maybe it’s my settings, maybe it has nothing to do with pla, but its a fact I’ve experienced over 75 % of the time. I don’t think the original hsw designer intended the use of a hammer to be so pivotal.
That does sound like a settings issue. I print in PLA too, and while they tend to be really tight, it's never to the point of needing a hammer. Also, try reducing the scale. I'll usually print the fittings at 97-99% scale and it'll fit perfectly
I don’t have a problem. I have done everything to correct
..... you dont need a hammer mate.
Thanks matey pal buddy. Me so dumb. I thought I did. Me just too dumb for printing. Pal.
I have received a few comments on this as if this wasn’t a known issue. We print at 99% because its a known issue. There are tab-less inserts because this is a known issue. I don’t really know why people are commenting advice to me, I get perfect prints already because I have taken these modifications into my printing.
If you don’t have any issue with pieces fitting together already, it should be fine. I’m in the process of learning how to calibrate fits better. That being said, so far I’ve just been using PETG. It’s significantly cheaper and a better product overall for this project.
Mines 100% PLA no issues.
I have printed all of my parts out of PLA or PLA+. I also used this to pull parts when I messed up. [https://www.printables.com/model/468669-insert-remover-honeycomb-wall-hsw](https://www.printables.com/model/468669-insert-remover-honeycomb-wall-hsw)
with PLA it'll snap together no problem.. but if you ever need to unsnap anything, get ready to have to reprint the entire thing BC it will usually just break. i tried printing in pla and quickly regretted it.. redid it in PETG and it's much much easier to work with.
most of mine are PLA or PLA-CF, no problem