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PETG is about 70% of polycarbonate's strength when it comes to impact resistance.

PETG also has insane tensile strength, while also having more flex then ABS.

 

I have successfully printed PETG before (that's what I used for my sun adapter for the camera during the solar eclipse).

It's just that it wears down the printer's nozzle very fast (the required temperature for printing PETG is rather high, thus it tends to wear down the nozzle's insulator tube rather fast).

 

While this is the ideal material, I have to charge extra just because PETG is more expensive, and it wears my printer down faster.

 

Also, yes, i'm really liking the idea of orange.

  1. ARikozuM

    ARikozuM

    Wouldn’t PETG be detrimental as a replacement due to tolerance? I would think the amount of force needed to snap the hooks in place could damage the housings.

  2. Skanky Sylveon

    Skanky Sylveon

    @ARikozuM I'm not fully understanding your question.

  3. ARikozuM

    ARikozuM

    I’m assuming the hinge clamps onto the earcups. Isn’t PETG too rigid to be a good choice of material?

  4. Skanky Sylveon

    Skanky Sylveon

    @ARikozuM PETG is more flexible then PLA and ABS.

    The "G" at the end is glycol (Glycol-Modified Polyethylene Terephthalate), which gives it more flex.

     

    All and all, PETG is supposed to have better mechanical properties, but be a bit softer.

    I'm also getting orange ABS so I can compare.

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