Originally posted by u/Ok-Blood8662 at 2025-06-30T21:50:55Z

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Was hoping I got good enough layer adhesion here, and I may have, but cracks formed at the pin holes.

Fortunately did not have this happen while firing. I noticed the cracks when inspecting the gun at my desk, flexed it, and it completely snapped.

Figured I would share as an example to others. Filament choice is super important in 3D2A. Be careful.


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    u/Real_men_drive_t34s · 2025-06-30 22:49:05 UTC · score 1

    Oh yeah Esun pla+ is fine. I prefer polymaker since they seem more 2A aligned. But I wouldn’t have an issue loading Esun and printing with it.

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      u/thehumanvirusttv · 2025-06-30 22:58:31 UTC · score 1

      Yeah I really liked the esun black and grey but I got some fde and metallic black I wanna try out after I’m done printing this orca haha. Want to reprint the v2 in fde I feel it would look a lot better lmfao. I just haven’t done enough testing on other brands other then these two to test strength and durability unfortunately