Wanhao Duplicator i3 ABS settings

Question

I am looking to others who have successfully printed in ABS using a Wanhao Duplicator i3.

I have tried and get a lot of warping and delamination. I tried putting a large box over the printer which did help with the warping some but I am still getting some layer separation. I used 235 °C for the extruder and 100 °C for the bed. I am printing at 40 mm/s and 0.2 mm layer height.

If someone has ABS and PETG settings for this printer, your help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

I am an official Wanhao Distributor

By experience I can recommend you to print with this settings:

• Extruder 230 °C
• Heated Bed 65 °C
• Have a glass surface
• Use hairspray over the glass
• Continue to enclose the printer or at least put it where there is almost no wind
• Print at 45 mm/s

Note that this settings vary a lot depending on humidity and other factors related to where you are printing, so it would be very useful to know where in the globe are you experimenting.

Also note that humidity is very very bad for 3D Printing Filaments so keep them sealed while not using them.

Please do comment if you have any more doubts.

Answer 2

I've had hit and miss success, but nothing I would consider great. I was using Hatchbox ABS with the extruder at 230 °C and the bed at 65 °C and a homemade enclosure.

One thing that did help was making sure the HVAC vents near the printer were closed.