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(...) My guess would be 109C may be more likely - I'd be surprised if they could mold it at 109F. I'm guessing my bad experience with the heater was well over 109F (they were quite close to it), and they didn't "flow" anywhere near enough that I'd (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic)
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IIRC, ABS is a thermoset plastic. The first time you melt it it's workable at a relatively low temp and solidifies nicely, but heating it again won't melt it, only deform it and finally burn it : ( -Xanthra47 Ross Crawford <rcrawford@csi.com> wrote (...) (23 years ago, 6-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) That explains it. And it smells pretty bad too - that's what alerted me when I had my "accident". ROSCO (23 years ago, 6-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) No, it's thermoplastic. But too much heat, or even localized hot spots, can scorch it and make it unusable. (23 years ago, 6-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic)
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