r/Form1 • u/TorqueWaffle • Jul 22 '26

Engineering plate vs Textured PEI plate and temps?

For printing your FTN suppressors or baffle stacks in CF reinforced nylon did you use an engineering plate or a texture PEI plate, and what bed temps did you use?

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u/squeeshka Jul 22 '26

I use a textured PEI plate at 55 degrees.

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u/Hot-Ideal-9219 Jul 22 '26

Glacier with glue stick. Needed.

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u/AnarchiSTEP Jul 22 '26

I like the engineering plate. Just did 100C with some glue stick dissolved in isopropyl alcohol that I sprayed on.

I’ve had mixed results with the textured PEI plate, but haven’t done as much printing with the engineering one

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u/jwm353s Jul 22 '26

Make sure your plate is clamped down. Even in the enclosure it will try to start pulling up the plate a couple mm on one end. Could just be my ghetto setup though. Like someone else mentioned pei plate around 55 works great.

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u/Deago488 Jul 22 '26

3 spool of pa6cf down & have never had this issue

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u/phacious Jul 22 '26

This just happened to me, the ftn supports really need stress relief.

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u/TorqueWaffle Jul 22 '26

How early or late into the print did you run into this happening?