Matt,
Welcome to the 3D printing world! ABS can be a finicky material. Remember it likes to print hot, and remain hot! reduce any drafts, and enclose your build area as much as possible. The above links that others posted are great reading material!
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I have realized that it can be finicky…should I print at higher temp and how hot is to hot with a hot bed
If your printer is enclosed, your extruder should be between 230-250, always start low and up your temps by about 5C. For ABS I usually keep my bed at about 100C.
Thank you for the tips and the warm welcome to 3D printing. I will get it a shot and read up as well and post my results. Thanks again
Like others have mentioned here, ABS can be hard to print, because of warp and it needing the environment controlled. I started with PLA for a good 6 months (I did try some ABS at first and it warped a lot), then went to PETG, which doesn’t have the warping or environment issues of ABS. PETG has good high temp properties of ABS, and the parts will last longer than PLA. I originally printed all my printer upgrade parts (fan holders, cable chain, filament guides) in PLA. Now I have recently printed most of these parts in ABS, which has gone much easier for me than when I first tried ABS. I think there is something to be said about learning your printer and the software while printing with a easier material like PLA first.
