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Obligatory I hope that’s not pla yadda yadda

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1.5 years going strong, but I soon have a revision worthy of a new print.

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Nice.

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It’s funny cause I always kinda thought that was a bit of hyperbole regarding uv exposure.

Made a bracket to fix a broken mount for our back seat cam in our car. Printed in pla just to test the dimensions. It worked so I left it in the car. Didn’t make it a single day. Completely warped.

Reprinted in petg and it’s been going strong for 2 weeks now.

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Wouldn’t heat be the main problem in a car? On a sunny hot day a car can get up 130+ easy, add in the heating from the sun actually hitting the print and it’s not hard to imagine it could get warm enough to become a little malleable.

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Yep. I was under the impression that UV radiation causes PLA to get brittle over time. But heat causes it to warp very quickly.

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Definitely heat - pretty much all windshields/windows nowadays block UV, otherwise the dash/seats/etc. would also get wrecked way quicker than they do, not to mention drivers getting sunburn even with the windows up.

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Hmm the car is parked in the garage so I just kind of assumed it was the UV during driving but yea I guess it must have been the heat.

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in a car? during summer? Ngl that sounds more like a temperature issue than a UV one. PLA doesn’t degrade that quickly and it can get pretty hot inside a car during the summer

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Do you happen to know what filament was used?

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I think it was 3DE PLA filament, seems very sturdy, but minor warping on a piece that got direct sunlight.

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25 points

Looks great! I much prefer seeing these custom prints rather than stuff downloaded from the internet

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10 points

Every stl started as someone’s custom print

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I’m using a One For All Falcon 32 to hold my PS5 and Apple TV, but from the photo I don’t think a Series X would fit.

https://www.oneforall.com/tv-stands/wm-7481-falcon-universal-tv-stand

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Those legs on that 👌

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