Flashforge Dreamer (NX) - Hatchbox Gold PETG 1.75mm Filament Testing - Part 2

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This two-part video shows the testing of Hatchbox Gold PETG 1.75mm Filament.

Part 1 shows unboxing, and using a Temperature Tower to evaluate the best extrusion temperature to use.

Part 2 covers further Bed and Layer Adhesion testing while adjusting the layer height to see what the limit is for this filament. The product I'm printing with this has tall sides and at 0.2mm layer height, takes 10+ hours to print. By using a thicker layer height I'm hoping to cut that down quite a bit. But the layer adhesion needs to be strong and I want to the sides to look good, so there's a tradeoff.

Adjusting the printing speed and the fan speed turns out to be the key for the best layer adhesion.

At the end I compare the results of using Hatchbox and Polymaker Gold PETG to make the final product and declare the winner.

Link to Sabacc Pot Tray on my Etsy Store:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1261118300/sabacc-pot-tray-pspa-approved

Link to Hatchbox Gold PETG Filament 1.75mm on Amazon:
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B01C6BRXLY/

Link to Polymaker Gold PETG Filament 1.75mm on Amazon:
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B09H2SHPD9/

Link to Temperature Tower Thingiverse Project:
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4356906

Link to Bed Adhesion and Layer Cracking Test
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4536632

Link to 3dBenchy on Thingiverse:
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:763622

These are the spatulas I used to help remove the pieces from the print bed:
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B075SLTY8B/

These are the tweezers I used to help remove dripping filament from the print head:
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B0845SKD7Z/

This is the wire brass brush I use to clean the nozzle tip:
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B01J2BS92S/

Flashforge Dreamer NX on Amazon:
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B07DPBRCYZ/

OpenSCAD website:
https://www.openscad.org/

I used Simplify3D slicer software for the test:
https://www.simplify3d.com/

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Link to my Etsy Store:
https://www.etsy.com/shop/BetaCygniDesigns

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Music:
"Blippy Trance" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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End Screen Video Acknowledgement: Cosmic Reef Video produced by NASA and the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI).
https://hubblesite.org/contents/media/videos/2020/16/1277-Video

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