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Re: wood as fabbing material - 14 years ago
Ah! So with their newer formulations there are possibilities. Good to know. Looking forward to learning enough to get more involved. Thanks again, for your prompt responses, and for going above and beyond to update your first answer with new information. -Jesseby JesseChisholm - Plastic Extruder Working Group
Re: wood as fabbing material - 14 years ago
Viktor, Thanks for the explanation. The terse pages and the videos on Tecnaro suggested it remained a thermoplastic at about twice the vikat temperature of polylactic acid. But if it loses its thermoplastic nature as it sets, that does make it less desirable. -Jesseby JesseChisholm - Plastic Extruder Working Group
Wikipedia needs updating - 14 years ago
As I am new to the 3D-printing world, I don't have sufficient knowledge of RepRap details to do the update myself, but I notice that on the 3D Printing page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_printing) it has a small paragraph on RepRap, but does not list the RepRap Darwin or Mendel in the printer comparison table. -Jesseby JesseChisholm - General
Re: wood as fabbing material - 14 years ago
I realize this is not a fresh topic, but I have a question. If you have the "liquid wood" (Arboform?) in filament form, then is it necessary to do "injection molding"? Or could you just do normal RepRap deposition (Fused Filament Fabrication)? Or does the "liquid wood" cool too slowly to be practical for this? -Jesseby JesseChisholm - Plastic Extruder Working Group
Re: Arboform - Is it usable in a RepRap? - 14 years ago
Thanks! I don't know why the searches didn't turn those up. (: ain't technology grand? when it works. -Jesseby JesseChisholm - General
Arboform - Is it usable in a RepRap? - 14 years ago
I am new to the RepRap forums. I didn't find Arboform (or liquid wood) in a search. Can Arboform be used in the RepRap? Arboform is a lignin based biodegradable thermoplastic. Currently it seems to be mostly used with injection molding. Other than things like specific temperature, and rate it cools down, I'd think it would be similar to using Polylactic Acid. note: I am not connected to Tecby JesseChisholm - General
Re: WHY THE HELL... - 14 years ago
Could you use Arboform to print your "wood" parts and make them lucrative again? > [ I have no connection to Technaro ] -Jesseby JesseChisholm - General