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WOW!!!! Absolutely phenomenal filament! Expensive though
Update 1: I'm currently on my second spool of this stuff and continue to be extremely impress with the results. Only issue is that this stuff sticks REALLY REALLY well to PEI. Protip: Hairspray on glass surface works wonders.
I have been printing nearly exclusively with ABS for about 5-6 years, so I know my share of printing pains (cracking, warping, adhesion, etc) since I always print functional parts and need the strength. PLA just wasn't going to cut it.
I decided to spice up my printing life by venturing to the more exotic filaments to print parts for a new rail-based CoreXY printer. I decided to try this filament since it had such great reviews.
I must say, WOW!!! This filament is amazing, absolutely amazing. The prints are strong as hell, dimensionally accurate (since it doesn't warp like ABS), and just looks fantastic! No more having to mess with increasing the models by 0.5-1% to account for shrinkage of ABS.
After a lot of trial and error, I think I have things pretty dialed in. Pictures are attached. Print settings as follows:
Printer: Heavily modified all-metal Rostock 2 Delta
Software: Simplify3D
Retraction distance: 2.5mm
Extra restart distance: -0.2mm
Retraction lift: 1.0mm
Retraction speed: 80mm/s
Hotend Temp: 235c (genuine "Floating" E3D Titan Extruder with Volcano hotend and hardened 0.4mm steel nozzle
Heated bed Temp: 90c
Printing speed: 60mm/s
Layer height: 0.2mm (0.1mm looks a little better, but takes too damn long)
September 2018 · Industrial and Scientific · verified purchase