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I've been thinking about print-in-place joints, and playing with my new multi-head printer.

Has anyone been playing around with making one half of a joint from PLA and the other from PETG to get snugger PIP joints? Seems like that would be a good way to get real right tolerances without bonding.

I did a casual search and I couldn't find anyone talking about it.

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[–] clb92@feddit.dk 2 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

If you print really, really slow, I think it could be done without too many problems.

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 hours ago

That's what I'm thinking, wonder if I can isolate joints themselves in the slicer to just show down for those parts