Talk:Printing Material Suppliers

Notes on updating the page...

I've tried to stick to the following ideas when moving this page to a table. They're just suggestions, but I personally think that they're useful.

1. Keep it brief. No need to get long-winded.
2. Have a section for each type of material (eg: If paste or powder becomes a reality, it'll end up here), and use sub-sections for a high order criteria for the material (eg: filament diameter).

Note: If we need a new column some day (eg: 'Only ships to' which lists where they will ship - like McMaster who only ship to the US) just add it. Cefiar

Hey Cefiar,

Noticed your work on this page and figured I'd add some sortability to it. Thanks for helping out! --TheOtherRob 07:24, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Material types being deleted as "advertising sh**"

See this revision in particular. While there was some commercial content in there that was deleted, most of the removals were arguably valuable information, including all references to PETT, flexible materials, PHA, wood polymer composite, and some other novelty materials. While I agree that we probably don’t need all the brand names that were on there before (for example, all of the flexible material brands that were listed like Ninjaflex, Filaflex, etc could just be labeled as TPU instead), that information should probably still be there if this listing is going to be useful/relevant at all. However, in some cases where a material only exists in one brand, it seems perfectly reasonable to me to refer to it by brand; e.g. Taulman T-Glase (there is no similar material sold under any other brand AFAIK). Maybe there need to be clear and concise guidelines on how to label these materials? --Dalep (talk) 13:32, 21 July 2014 (PDT)

This wiki is neither a marketplace nor a link lister. The fact that such pages exist at all is solely a convenience for makers and developers. If you think PETT is a worthwhile material, you're welcome to craft a wiki page describing it (by clicking on the red link). Vendor-independent, please. Thanks. --Traumflug (talk) 02:40, 22 July 2014 (PDT)

page update and modification/consolidation

given that this is one of those link lister pages should we for consistency change the protection status and put in an how to get added section? reason being that we have people constantly abusing certain parts of this wiki eg Geetech who is listed in this list but don't actually sell filament - thejollygrimreaper

list verified and cleaned - --Thejollygrimreaper (talk) 19:05, 29 November 2014 (PST) entries moved over to main --Thejollygrimreaper (talk) 13:58, 27 January 2015 (PST)

Getting added to the list

Add your filament webshop details below it is be checked and added periodically.

Thermoplastic filament :

Vendor	Shipping location	Material(s)	1.75 mm	3 mm	Reviews & Additional notes.
[G4]	GB	PLA	✓	✓	G4 Bleu Hello there!Here at [reprappro.com/] we have been testing out some of the excellent filaments from G4. These tests have been done on a Rep Rap Pro Ormerod with a 0.5 nozzle, with normal Ormerod slicer stetting as a base line to work around. The tests are designed to fined the optimal working parameters of the filament G4 Blue, 1.75 (-/+ 0.05) PLA Working parameters: Max Hot end temp – 220c Min Hot end temp – 170c Max print speed @220c – 65-75mm/s G4 Blue has performed exceptionally well on the tests, Printing the 3.5 axil at 190c, far from perfectly but it did do it, unlike other filaments. At 182, the axil was looking a lot better, this would mean that on larger prints, with more time for the layer to cool off, it would come out fine, but at 170c the test came out perfect. This puts this filament in the lead, for ease of use, as in a perfect world I would want the filament to not need much temperature changing through out a print. With the warp and overhang test this filament has got full marks. At 190c, and the Prints came out excellently. On the warp test the G4 blue filament did warp a bit, 2mm in one corner, and 1mm in the other. But an all around Good Product.
Filament-shop	NL	PLA, ABS, Nylon, PVA	✓	✓
mtb3d	NL/worldwide	PLA, ABS, Flexible, Wood, Flexible, PVA, POM, Nylon), Conductive, PETG, PC, Colour changing, Glow in the dark	✓	✓	MTB3D's reviews
Aurarum	AU/worldwide	PLA, ABS, Flexible, Wood, Flexible, PVA, Nylon), PE, Glow in the dark	✓	✓	Australian manufacturer from Melbourne. Custom orders are welcome. Wholesale queries are welcome. It would be good if you could add our website link
Creator Fuel	CA	PLA, ABS	✓	✓
ToybuilderLabs.com	US	ABS, PLA, HIPS, PVA, Nylon, PETT, TPU, Metal-filled ABS, Conductive, PLA+PHA	✓	✓	Reviews

Thermoplastic granules :

Vendor	Shipping location	Material(s)	Reviews & Additional notes.
example	UK	ABS, PLA

Photopolymers - UV Cured :

Vendor	Shipping location	Material(s)	Reviews & Additional notes.
example	UK	ABS, PLA

Photopolymers - Visible Spectrum Cured :

Vendor	Shipping location	Material(s)	Reviews & Additional notes.
example	UK	ABS, PLA

Powders :

Vendor	Shipping location	Material(s)	Reviews & Additional notes.
example	UK	ABS, PLA