I'm trying out some Flex filament from Torwell. I can get it to print, but it seems to collect some on my print head (Standard J-Head .4mm) and then drop blobs into the print. My working settings are: bed 70c Tip 205c Any advice on flexable filament may be useful. Never used it before. Thanks, https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,476749,476749#msg-476749 Fri, 04 Sep 2026 19:58:41 -0400 Phorum 5.2.23 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,476749,477864#msg-477864 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,476749,477864#msg-477864 And had to loosen of the grip on the hobbed bolt a bit. As it was just deforming the filament and deflecting the path a bit in the extruder.
I normaly print at 50mm/s for abs.

Gordon]]> gordonendersby Printing Mon, 02 Mar 2015 06:29:20 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,476749,477691#msg-477691 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,476749,477691#msg-477691
Higher temp did keep the filament from building-up on the nozzle.

However, I do think my current extruder is having trouble gripping the filament.

Again thanks,]]> Komb' Printing Sun, 01 Mar 2015 16:09:30 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,476749,476991#msg-476991 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,476749,476991#msg-476991 The most limiting factor is a reliable extruder. I created my own[www.thingiverse.com], which worked quite well, but then a friend made a better one [www.thingiverse.com]
SInce each material has it's own range of temperature you will have to check for the exact type, or just try it out.
I found that you can get extremely good results with this [www.plastink.com]
It prints very much like ABS
Cheers
Björn]]> Srek Printing Sat, 28 Feb 2015 07:04:35 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,476749,476777#msg-476777 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,476749,476777#msg-476777 I cleaned it between prints. Its very sticky stuff.

I used 230degC for nozzle and about 60 for bed with just clean mirror glass.
It did ooze a bit and i had to watch for the start of the print to pull the ooze away.

Maybe a bit hotter to flow better and not get stuck to the nozzle?

Gordon]]> gordonendersby Printing Fri, 27 Feb 2015 15:52:41 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,476749,476749#msg-476749 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,476749,476749#msg-476749
I can get it to print, but it seems to collect some on my print head (Standard J-Head .4mm) and then drop blobs into the print.

My working settings are:

bed 70c
Tip 205c

Any advice on flexable filament may be useful. Never used it before.

Thanks,]]> Komb' Printing Fri, 27 Feb 2015 14:55:48 -0500