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Re: .4mm filament - 10 years ago

Quoteohioplastics My question is: What is the smallest feasible filament size for 3d printing? There has to be a size that's practically possible, yet still cost effective. It's gone from 3mm to 1.75mm, but could it go lower? And if it could, like Moore's law predicts, how small could it be produced? Could we one day be printing with .4mm filament through a .4mm nozzle? Consider your mind blown.

Re: E3D all metal hotends - US distributor - 10 years ago

All parts back in stock!

Re: Lyman III water cooling - 10 years ago

Quoteohioplastics Water cooling for the final product is fine, but when it goes through another secondary extrusion, that being 3d printing, then moisture can become a problem. Primarily, bubbles. All of the commercially available filament you've purchased has gone through water cooling.

Re: Lyman III water cooling - 10 years ago

QuoteDirty Steve water cooling is fairly standard at the industrial production level. Industrial level has extrusion rates of 100x or more than home extrusion. It works fine (+/-0.05mm) to use just air cooling at slow extrusion rates (~12"/min).

Re: Lyman III water cooling - 10 years ago

First of all, you don't need water cooling to extrude well. Second, it isn't in the water for long enough to absorb very much moisture at all.

Re: Predatory Profit Margins - 10 years ago

Quoteohioplastics Apples and oranges my friend. Get it? Apples? Come on, that was a good one. Anyway your comparing a notoriously closed source product to an open source one. Open source just makes capitalism easier! If you think you can do better than their pricing, then shut up and use the fact it is open source to do so!

Re: Predatory Profit Margins - 10 years ago

QuotestrantorYou can bet I'll steer clear of anything you're selling. +1

Re: PLA, stainless steal and the nightmare it has caused me - 10 years ago

Quotechngyian So now pla extrudes smoothly? Curious about how polishing a surface can improve the performance of pla extrusion. Would be good if somebody can shed some light. Coefficient of friction.

Re: E3D all metal hotends - US distributor - 11 years ago

35 E3Ds heading to the post office today:

Re: Makerbot selling Stratasys P430 for $48/spool! - 11 years ago

Filastruder/OS Printing also use/sell MG94 pellets, if you want to make your own filament:

Re: E3D all metal hotends - US distributor - 11 years ago

More spare parts added.

Re: Which ABS pellets for filament extruder? - 11 years ago

Quotemirox3m I haven't tested PLA and I don't plan to use PLA anymore. As I have read in Filastruder section of Solidoodle forum, it is much harder to make filament from it, since it needs to be cooled down to a much lower temperature. No, it just needs to be pre dried. Additional cooling is not needed.

Re: Your thoughts about the new PICO hotend - 11 years ago

Quotejzatopa I am very interested in the PICO hotend, I just wish they would give more info about the melt zone. Does anyone know if there are beta testers out there that have reviewed it? There are - they're under NDA and not allowed to post openly. E3D all the way, in my opinion.

Re: E3D all metal hotends - US distributor - 11 years ago

Direct to bowden conversion kit now available.

Re: E3D all metal hotends - US distributor - 11 years ago

Bowden version added to store.

Re: Update on the E3D All Metal Hotend (Now finally shipping!) [Lots of pictures] - 11 years ago

Quotecope413 Not sure where that came from... All I was saying was that posting speed settings without also posting jerk/accel firmware settings was meaningless. Everyone is very impressed with your amazingly rigid and fast cartesian bot... at least everyone who doesn't have a delta bot. Yeah jerk and accel of 1. Its hitting 225mm/s. I'm quite familiar with acceleration and jerk. It is not 2

Re: Which ABS pellets for filament extruder? - 11 years ago

Re: Flexible filament - my testing and guide on how to print FilaFlex, NinjaFlex, and Flex-Polyester. - 11 years ago

Top notch methodology, and nicely done on the disclosure. Very professional. Thanks for sharing!

Re: Update on the E3D All Metal Hotend (Now finally shipping!) [Lots of pictures] - 11 years ago

Quoteaduy when you say 220mm/s that means nothing, what is the input speed relative to the filament, whats the nozzle size and layer height? the fastest i can run my machine currently is 15mm/s of 1.75mm filament into the hotend. I said 225mm/s, and I'm not sure it "means nothing". Anyway: 0.4mm nozzle, 0.3mm layer heights. Looks like around 14mm/sec of 1.75mm filament past the extruder.

Re: Update on the E3D All Metal Hotend (Now finally shipping!) [Lots of pictures] - 11 years ago

QuoteJustintime But the big question is..... By which speed are the bolds slipping? At the moment my speed is approx 150mm/sec. Before the filament is slipping. But I will definitely will make that direct extruder.... Even it's only for the looks.... I can do 225mm/s without slip, direct drive. 150mm/s is slow, not fast.

Re: Cheap ABS and PLA pellets + colorant sale - 11 years ago

OSPrinting is also cheaper for PLA.

Re: E3D all metal hotends - US distributor - 11 years ago

Spare parts added to the store. Let me know if you need others.

Re: E3D all metal hotends - US distributor - 11 years ago

Perhaps in a few months, but not in the near future, no. You can use this as an adapter, however:

Re: E3D all metal hotends - US distributor - 11 years ago

I have spare parts, just haven't put them up in the store yet. Use the Contact form to request something specific if needed.

E3D all metal hotends - US distributor - 11 years ago

Hi there! AccelerationLabs (the company I started to produce the Filastruder) has become a distributor of the acclaimed E3D hotend: (photos courtesy of adrian) This hotend is pretty well known here on the forums - here's the main thread: I've been really impressed so far, but don't take my word for it - here's a print with an E3D using PLA filament made on a Filastruder: and a E3D prin

Re: Cheap ABS and PLA pellets + colorant sale - 11 years ago

OSPrinting is cheaper, and they list the resin used (Sabic's high-flow MG94).

Re: Filiment extruder - 11 years ago

No algoirthm, direct measurement. Which is why I said measurement.

Re: Filiment extruder - 11 years ago

I measured 150-200psi melt pressure when I was designing the Filastruder (www.filastruder.com).

Re: Filament prices rising?!? - 11 years ago

Re: ABS & PLA Filament Extruder - 11 years ago

woodencase01 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I've heard that the major problem with these > extruder is that the filament quality is poor, > lower than the one we are used to buy. More > problems happen with the hotend (jamming, cogging, > etc) and it might not worth it at the moment. > Maybe later updates will improve the filament > quality.