Hammer Time! ABS filament vs. ABS Like Resin! One can take a punch and one has a glass jaw!

[@debrasam5525]

Very nice test. Simple and very revealing.

[@3rdpig]

Thanks. I doubt Geeetech is going to like it as much as you do.

[@debrasam5525]

@@3rdpig i am all about knowing real world repeatable destructive testing. I am working on car parts and want to know whats going to hold up. Making a old VW bezel for a buddy. Doesnt exist anymore, so I said mail it to me and I will try to duplicate it. So far I am 90% there using ASA. He was shocked by the photos I sent him of the progress. So I totally appreciate you sharing knowlegde and experience. Maybe geetech will improve their product or change the advertising.

[@shaunmorrissey7313]

I think that is pretty damn conclusive.

[@3rdpig]

Yea, it's pretty had to sugar coat that.

[@fivepointeightnate]

ABS like... That's like saying Fanni Willis is supermodel like.

[@3rdpig]

Dude! I was eating my breakfast when you posted that! Eewwwww!!!

[@octogames6823]

I use abs like resin for miniatures. The little bit of flex goes a long way printing miniatures for items like swards, staffs and things like that normally would be extremely brittle.

[@3rdpig]

Good to know, thanks! But I still think that "ABS Like" is a wee bit misleading. Not sure what I'd call it, but ABS Like isn't it.

[@octogames6823]

@@3rdpig I agree!

[@Shabbymannen]

If you get some Sunlu or Jayo (the same resin according to most people) ABS like resin, it would be cool if you could repeat this test with that resin. I don't have any of these resins, just some standard stuff, but the Sunlu/Jayo ABS like seems to have a lot of flex to it, almost like a hard rubber, which is why people rave about it for miniatures (tiny parts don't shatter when dropped from a table). This stuff seems to shatter like standard resin. From the looks of it, this doesn't seem like it would take well to drilling or tapping either, but the Sunly/Jayo stuff does. Good video, good test! I might still get some of this stuff just for the price.

[@3rdpig]

Next time I buy resin I'll get some. Thanks for watching!

[@shawnhicks619]

Interesting test, though I have to say at the end of the day resin is resin, and while abs like resin is less ridged then standard resin it’s still pretty brittle. I don’t know why they call it abs like, because it’s not. Supposedly there is a strong resin that I’ve never tried, but I’ll bet it still shatters if it has substantial mass and any kind of significant fall. I can say adding 40% abs like resin to standard resin does make resin parts less succeptable to cracking and braking. I can drop a part from 3.5 feet and it doesn’t always break, where the same part in standard resin will chip at the least.

[@robertmartinu8803]

Thanks for the demonstration! In my experience abs-like just means less shatterprone then regular resin. Which isn't that high of a bar. The resins that are in the same ballpark as good filament require both UV and thermal curing plus quite a lot of money. Leaves you with the intentionally flexible types rather deform elastrically then break. But most also lack the temperature tolerance of abs/asa - another reason to keep FDM around.

[@3rdpig]

Thanks for the info!

[@arminth]

Bone China like!

[@3rdpig]

Reminds me of the time I dropped a toilet tank lid on a concrete floor!

[@lostvisitor]

Your rope is hindering the free fall of the weight.

[@3rdpig]

And it's doing it the same way for all test pieces.

[@lostvisitor]

@@3rdpig but it is not possible to calculate the energy into the target. And no it will not be the same every time. Watch how it flaps into the hole. Some times it will be smooth other times with more turbulence.

[@lostvisitor]

@@3rdpig Just trying to help you. Can't take a little criticism, don't waste your time doing pointless experiments that do not use proper methods.