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11-10-2014, 09:27 AM #1
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See the difference in filament quality
Hey guys
After testing my new Felix 3.0 dual extruder this weekend I finally have some proof why you shouldn't buy cheap filament.
The orange is LD filament (high quality) and the white is a no name ebay brand. Now you can clearly see the difference in quality of filament looking at this road cone print.
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https://twitter.com/QUESTPACT/status/531304522657062912
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11-10-2014, 10:08 AM #2
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Here's a better look
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11-10-2014, 11:00 AM #3
2 things - is it pla or abs.
and what temps did you print both at ?
It's a pretty grey 'white'. I haven't had any filament that grey - yet. Just ordered the cheapest pla white I could find on ebay.
It's £5 a roll cheaper than the reprapper stuff I'm currently using - want to see if there's £5 worth of difference.
And that's a nice clean dual print - congratulations :-)
What software did you use ?
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11-10-2014, 11:47 AM #4
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Playing Devil's Advocate... I would expect filament from different sources to have different characteristics, for example the white one could have a lower melting temperature than the orange one, so at a printing setting that works great for the orange filament the white one may be too "runny".
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11-11-2014, 07:48 AM #5
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Both are PLA sliced with KisSlicer. Both were extruded at 192.
The white reel just observing the filament before its extruded looks and feels a bit "chalky" has a dusty feel to it. The tolerances are also really bad. I also bought a brand new reel of cheap purple. It also has a "chalk" type look to it and it tends to clog my extruder on almost every print. I really don't want to throw away filament but i also don't want to mess up my machine.
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11-13-2014, 10:37 AM #6
Thank you for your finding!
Since both are PLA and are extruded at 192. Great temperature for PLA.
I noticed the white filament is "over extrude". Mean the white filament has bad tolerance.
Orange filament looks great and smooth.
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11-17-2014, 02:27 PM #7
- I have put together a short review of some of the filaments I've used from SainSmart, RioRand, SeeMeCNC, & Makergeeks.
Hope this info can help: http://goc3d.blogspot.com/2014/11/3d...ic-review.html
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