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HIPS Having a hard time to get HIPS to stay put on my bed. The usual painter-tape plus glue stick doesn't work. Glue on bare glass didn't work either. Although I was told I had to apply the glue on the cold glass ... and others says that if am to use tape I should use Blue tape. I will try the blue-tape solution first... but seems to me we are headed to having to buy a expensive build surface

The Enclosure So here we are looking at the limitations of PLA for making RC Model aircraft. The main concern is the low temperature resistance. HIPS seems to be an interesting material with even more stiffness than PLA and much greater heat resistance. Unfortunately, like ABS, HIPS requires a very hot bed and an enclosure. The first thing I did was to make a frame big enough to hold the printer. I didn't include the control box in the enclosure because the control box needs to be kept as cool as possible. Once the frame was completed I covered the top, left, right and back sides with Reflectix an insulation material I got from Lowe's. I used 3M metallic tape (3M 3340) to secure the material to the PVC pipes. This tape is rated to withstand temperatures -40°F (-40°C) to 300°F (149°C)  We left the bottom uncovered and only covered the front partially. The opening was covered using transparent plastic (Optix). We used the same tape to make a hinge one