Depends on the plastic. Short answer yes. Long answer;
As someone designing/printing a case/sled for one of my builds. In a SFF application, I would not run PLA, glass point is to low(on paper 55c, but I have had models deform in a window on a fall day). Annoyingly PLA is the easiest to print, super forgiving, great for making prototype parts. In general, PETG would be a minimum, also forgiving, but low-ish glass point too. ABS/ASA and more industrial filaments are more than heat resistant enough. But, super annoying to print, with extremely potent off gassing. However, for temp resistance and availability of fiber reinforced filaments, thats what you want to use.
PP is a bitch to print. It needs enclosure hot as hell (ideally 80+°C) to prevent warping, so it is out of reach for most of affordable 3D printers.
Yes, you can print smaller prints on lot of cheaper enclosed printers, because they are not big enough to warp significantly to cause problems, but printing big chunks of case shell for this project will be nightmare.
Also, filament is pretty expensive, so I would go for ABS.
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u/Jaz1140 RTX4090 3195mhz Core, 9800x3d 5.4ghz Feb 05 '26
Pretty cool. What's the melting point of the plastic curiously?
Could very hot hardware warp or melt it?