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Unanswered PET-G Advice

Discussion in 'Troubleshooting' started by 0ryanx, Mar 14, 2018.

  1. 0ryanx

    0ryanx New Member

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    I've heard a lot of great things about PET-G, about how easy it is to print with and how strong it is. I've got the printing part down fairly well (I think), with good bed adhesion, reliable prints, and pretty good detail. My only problem is it seems to break apart along the layer lines, almost as easily as PLA. An example: I printed out a peg-board hanger for my calipers, waited until it cooled, then picked it up, but butter-fingers me dropped it onto a hard-wood floor from a little shy of 4 feet (from the table top my printer sits on), and one of the hangers snapped off. I know it's just a piece of plastic, but is that kind of fragility normal for PET-G?
     

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    Print settings please?
     
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    Sorry, I should have thought of that. I'm using a R1+ with a 0.4mm nozzle, Extruder at 240, Bed at 80, 0.2mm layer height, +0.04mm Z-Offset, 40mm/sec print speed, 3mm retraction at 60mm/sec.
     

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