Can someone make recommendations on filaments that work really well with the FFCP ?
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Can someone make recommendations on filaments that work really well with the FFCP ?
Hi, I think you be really happy with some of ours.
Great color and consistency. Please check out the site and let me know if you have any questions.
Thanks,
Mo
Www.LAFilament.com
I've had great luck with ESUN from hobbyking, black and white PLA.
Hatchbox is my favorite. I've never had any issues with any of their filaments. The prints always look great, and it's affordable.
I don't know where you're located. My favorite (by a long ways) is ESUN's PETG and I get it via Amazon. I own one of every color of their PETG now. :p
Does everyone use 1.75 ?
Hah, I do, but not everyone does.
We have both ;)
I personally use 1.75mm
Mo
www.LAFilament.com
1.75 is easier to feed and melt due to the cross section of the filament, so most have migrated to that size.
REALLY dumb question.....the two filament guide tubes, where they go into the print head.... are they supposed to be a really good fit or just kinda sort push in the hole but can come out very easily?
And what are the two spring loaded levers on each side for? Do you push them down to feed the filament through?
Grrrround Zeeeeeeroooo
I don't use the guide tubes any more, I'm pretty sure they were just mildly snug. I found it a lot easier to hang the spools of filament from a rod above the printer. It makes changing the filaments a lot easier as I don't have to get behind the printer to do so.
Yep, the spring holds the filament tight against the drive gear and pushing on the lever gives you room to insert or pull out the filament.
Esun. Top stuff.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ward
anything from reprapper tech.
Also any pla made with ingeo pellet.
Any polymaker filament.
I got two rolls of esun pla with my k-n-p - worst filament I've ever used. The white just breaks randomly and the black wouldn't produce a clean print.
weird, as everybody else rates it. No idea.
I've tried some filament from acouple new chinese companies that's been pretty good too. I'll dig the names out later :-)
To be honest - including the dirt cheap ebay stuff - the esun is the only filament I've had any issues with (and anything by taulman - that stuff just won't play ball).
You tried Hatchbox? I have tried a few Esun rolls and they have never been as good of quality as Hatchbox is (Only really ordered Esun because Hatchbox was currently out of stock of the colors I wanted)Quote:
Originally Posted by Sebastian Finke
I'm new to this but I purchased hatch box and printed a new spool and all has been working good.
No I haven't. We don't have the variety available to us in SA.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bassna
If you've had trouble with eSun, was that the PLA or PETG (or both)? I've heard nothing but good with eSUN PETG.
I just ordered two spools of eSUN PETG, so I'm hoping the issues were not with PETG?
For me, any old thing with ABS. But PLA it has to be Faberdashery everytime.
Very consistent prints across all their (extensive) range of colours. Once it was all dialled in I have not used anything else now as I can just hit print and never get any issues with it.
i have used almost every esun filament except pla since i dont print that ever. i pretty much moved over to esun a year and a half ago. i print alot of it. i keep 3 printers running 16-20 hrs a day. i can say in the 100+ spools i have been through and every plastic type it has all been spot on. i have only had 1 issue with a bulge in the filament but it all prints awesome. i have measured the shrink rates and their stuff has less warp that many others also. i have used many high end filaments also and have found all esun stuff to be just as good or better. all top notch and 1/2 the cost. with that said though, filament in general has come a long way in the past 3 years. 3 years ago there was a ton of junk out there and you really had to watch what you bought. any more finding something that is really bad or junk is few and far between. prices have dropped a ton also.
I'd definitely recommend ESUN!
pla.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ward
Got two free 500g rolls with my klic-n-print.
Worst filament I've ever tried. The white just snaps at random points either during, before a print or while just sitting on the back of the printer. Never had this with any other filament.
The black will print - but no matter what temp i tried - just can't get sharp prints wth it.
Even the dirt cheap ebay filament outperforms it with ease.
Maybe klic-n-print just gota duff batch. Who knows, but given how many seriously good, well priced brands of filament there are available in the uk - I've no need to ever buy esun :-)
Esun. Great quality.
it's all relative :-)
it is good thread to show ourself
we have some feature 3d filament, carbon pla, temperate color change, heat color change, multicolors gradient, metal glossy colors, no cracking abs,wood, multicolors wood.
pls have look at my photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/esunplafilaments/
the pla wood is print in a FFCP 3d printer, that is I bought from flashforge in Mar,2013, I make the nozzle bigger to 0.6mm-0.7mm to extruder pla wood, very well!
That's a very impressive collection of prints! How much and what kind of finishing do you normally do?Quote:
Originally Posted by stronghero3d
you like it ? that no finishing treatment ,just printed come out from 3d printer.
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and we have a upgrade version one, base on new formulation ,a metal glossy color one, so the models will show better effect compare to our old one.
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I wasn't referring to the colour but more in terms of sanding, removing blobs and support, etc...
apart from removing supports, they don't need any finishing - pla :-)
I do like the look of the variable colour filament. might have to get some of that.
I will set the support to model distance is 0.4mm, support density is 0.2, support angle is 75, the set in makerware.
and set the raft to model distance is 0.25mm or a little more.
I have no problem printing with PLA and easy to remove support and raft
I keep going back to Hatchbox myself. Most others have such varying quality, sometimes good, sometimes bad. Hatchbox performs the same each and every time. That's worth more to me that one single good roll of someone else.