So update on the ABS SL-15. Had about 100 through it and then installed a SS and ran a mag. I know that's still not a lot but it seems to be holding up through it well. Only issue I had with it was the mag catch was too low not allowing for proper feeding. Put super glue in the slot and dremeled the top a lil bit. Mag is a lil sticky when inserted bc of it but it solved the problem. In order to make the print possible the bottom of the magwell was superglued to the supports as it was printing. This keeps it from warping off of the supports.
The one that is built/tested came out with a small crack in-line with the lower plate bolt (outside wall, right-side corner-edge), so it got epoxyed around the magwell. There's two others that came out a lot better, no warping, and are not epoxyed. I'm confident that even w/o it these are really strong pcs.
I didn't think this was a very viable option until I copped a .5k roll of CF12 and realized even with the super-glue and the epoxy this is still probably a more economic option. They are about 68 hr prints, though 😬 Want to make an SL10 out of the PA-CF12, but seeing how much more spendy it is than the ABS, it's kinda tempting to try the ABS first. It's a toss-up between that and a CF dd.19 to replace a PLA+ one. Any thoughts/advice? Thanks everybody and thank you, Hoffman. Keep winnin', guys 🙏✨️