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by siriaan 1117 days ago
Parts printed in ABS can be smoothed with acetone vapor - https://all3dp.com/2/abs-acetone-smoothing-3d-print-vapor-sm...
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542458 1117 days ago
Does anybody do this at scale though? Also vapor smoothing can mess with your tolerances (I.e., small edges will unevenly “pull back”, making split enclosures no longer mate properly), so I’m not sure it’s a great idea for enclosure parts.
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amelius 1117 days ago
Perhaps you can compensate for it?
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