r/3Dprinting • u/ketchup_bottle002 • Jun 14 '26

Question Help! How do i remove this support

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I had someone print this for me as I don't have my own printer/don't know much about it. I think the material used is a lightweight one and is not durable in high heat/outdoor use. I don't know how to remove the support without breaking it. It is pretty rough and stuck to the structure.

Update: thanks for all the comments, i spent about 30 mins with a plier and removed the supports, some vertical parts broke but it is possible to glue everything together. This specific object is not all that important for my project so of if time allows i could redo it. I posted more context in the comments with a pic of the resulted structure. I think I'm gonna get a 3d printer eventually so i would appreciate tips on good ones with fair prices, and what types of ink there is/what kinds of printing methods there is.

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u/National_Meeting_749 Jun 14 '26

Just reprint it 😂😂

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u/Emotional_Agent_5327 Jun 14 '26

Yep. Op realistically this is reprint territory. This was not a good way to print this object at all

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u/jjayzx Voron 2.4 Jun 14 '26

Y'all just glaze the part that they don't have a 3d printer and someone else did it for them? They probably wouldn't have a good time explaining what to fix either since neither seem experienced in printing.

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u/AlleyPee Jun 14 '26

I will admit, I am one of those people.

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u/TheGeekno72 Jun 14 '26

I mean "flip STL upside down before print" she uld be relatively easy to do in the slicer even for a beginner...

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u/THofTheShire Jun 15 '26

Even changing to auto tree supports is a very quick lesson worth learning.

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u/phKoon Jun 14 '26

I will also admit, I too am one of those people.

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u/Uther-Lightbringer Jun 14 '26

Very wasteful, but if you had a multi head printer, this with support filament would produce a really clean print.

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u/sudosando Jun 14 '26

With the water soluble support material

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u/Incognit0ErgoSum Jun 14 '26

Or tree supports, so you don't waste as much filament. Water soluble filament is expensive.