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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Won't sanding generate a lot of heat that will cause the PLA (or even PETG) to soften? You'd lose clamping force as it relaxes, if it doesn't fail completely.

[–] p1mrx 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I don't know, maybe. I spent a couple minutes sanding, and a week figuring out how to share adjustable threads.