Removing Flexible (Elastic 50A) prints with Fishing Line - Success

Was damaging the corners of my Elastic 50A prints by pushing a plastic spatula under them and I got the idea to remove them with some thick fishing line (100lb test) – worked well. No damage and I was able to slip the fishing line all the way across the build plate in a sawing motion to free the print. I imagine this would be super useful for big, flat prints where the risk of damage with a spatula is high.

The orange build plate holder is an FDM print (I didn’t feel like permanently mounting it to my workbench, hence the clamp setup). Hope anyone who prints with 50A often finds this post helpful.

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@leonhart88 Watched your vid and have been using your dehydrator tip to get dimensionally accurate parts. I know you print this stuff a bunch, so I figured you’d like to see it.

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Awesome! Glad I could help :grin: