It’s pretty critical. It holds one of the pulleys that the belt is attached to. The belt moves the print head in the x/y axis. I actually did print the part in PETG. Hopefully it just works and I won’t have to touch it for a year :D
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deepfriedchril@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoI don’t know how critical this part is but if it sees any kind of load, re-pint in abs/ASA or better. Petg and PLA creep under consent load.
idunnololz@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
deepfriedchril@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
You will definitely want to reprint it in something else while the printer is working. Otherwise you’re going to see dimensional accuracy issues crop up over time that require you to keep adjusting the belts.
idunnololz@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I can’t really print it in a better material until I get ventilation figured out which might not be until spring of next year. I did order some parts from Prusa in case the part I printed fails so worst case I have to swap it out but so far it works very well :D
orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
And look into brick layers for extra durability.