That ' s a good plan , rushing into ABS is a recipe for frustration , especially if you haven ' t dialed it all in yet . Enclosure is a must for ABS . ABS is easier to sand but you can sand PLA , it ' s just slower and more tedious as it heats up quickly and can gum up . also ABS shrinks . keep that in mind as well . this is a long road , it ' s worth it for sure , but it ' s long and winding . One other tip . literally everything can affect your prints , from belt tension to a 1 mm out of squarelevel . Get your X , Y , Z perfect first , then move on to extrusion and temp for various filaments . Print one object over and over to refine . <| sep |> no 2 members lol <| sep |> We had a different one . It was called figments of imagination