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| | Smartroad 78
Posts 116 22 Jun 2020 16:34
| So while I wait for my V1200 I decided to give it a fresh trapdoor cover ready for when I can get it installed :D EXTERNAL LINK
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| | Andy Hearn
Posts 374 22 Jun 2020 17:52
| nice! how ... flexible are the 3d printed things? only asking because the retaining clips on both my A500's trapdoor and side expansion port cover have snapped due to age. i like the logo! :D
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| | Smartroad 78
Posts 116 22 Jun 2020 18:22
| Andy Hearn wrote:
| nice! how ... flexible are the 3d printed things? only asking because the retaining clips on both my A500's trapdoor and side expansion port cover have snapped due to age. i like the logo! :D
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It does depend on things like thickness and direction of print. The way this one has been printed means it will allow to bend somewhat along it's length. I've printed one of these before (plain) and it bends a little as it goes in and didn't seem to care :)
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| | Roy Gillotti
Posts 521 22 Jun 2020 19:23
| PLA sometimes can be a bit too rigid and brittle, ABS often is a bit softer and flexible.
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| | Smartroad 78
Posts 116 22 Jun 2020 19:49
| Roy Gillotti wrote:
| PLA sometimes can be a bit too rigid and brittle, ABS often is a bit softer and flexible.
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Yeah, I've used PETG for this. I had previously made on with PLA but it also softened due to the heat of my current accelerator and deformed lol
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