It was the first time I used that thingiverse customizer thing. Worked pretty good.this is one of the reasons I need my printer back up and running, shop vac adapters are so expensive
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From what i've tried so far...
Good - Just to print shit because I want to, and i don't want to spend a bunch on a spool, or i'm testing stuff
Inland -- because microcenter accessibility/impulse buy, and i'm there often, so i pick up a spool or two in a random color. it's cheap at $18-19 for PLA+ or ToughPLA, and It does well enough.
Tecbears (Amazon) — super cheap, but their colors aren't as vibrant or saturated as other brands. Their Black PLA works really well and again, even cheaper than even Amazon's own stuff.
Better - these are pretty much all the same, imo
Cookiecad -- interesting colors, prints really well. I like this brand the best of the bunch
Hatchbox -- on par with cookiecad; I also appreciate that they use pantone as a color reference for their filaments, so you at least have a better idea of what the color is
Overture — more or less the same as cookiecad/hatchbox, imo. Their PETG is pretty good.
Polymaker — seems like the exact same thing as Overture
Best:
Protopasta -- really interesting colors, and most of their stuff prints flawlessly for me. The fiber ones take some tuning. Their HTPLA can be annealed/heat treated to be even more heat and impact resistant than ABS (I haven't tried this yet) -- it's about twice as expensive as other filaments, though. I buy a lot of samples and then just buy 500g spools for random prints in cool colors or as a differentiator on Etsy.
i have a few filament dryers so i just pop them in there and feed directly to the printer whenever i'm printing stuff. I haven't tried printing with TPU yet; Haven't printed with PC/ABS/Nylon or anything that requires an enclosure, because I don't have one
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.6mm should be fine (?) i'm assuming they recommend it because of the fibers in the filament, and a .4 may be too restrictive
rest is probably tuning, i'm guessing. I haven't played enough with all of the settings in cura to even know what all of them do; only looked into the ones that i needed for what I was doing
— Temps: 200 seems way too low -- it might melt and extrude, but it probably won't stick to itself; I print PETG at 235-240ish and 70-75 beddepending on the bed, Glue stick might make it stick too well.
fan speed should be way lower with PETG. on my S1 Pro with upgraded cooling i run like 25-50% fan speed with PETG, sometimes lower
wabash9000
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Kinda the opposite of a 3d printer, but I'm debating buying a small CNC router like this
I've seen them able to mill aluminum if you go slow and have a shallow depth of cut. I've been trying to 3d print molds for a while and I just can't get them to work. It would be nice to mill some aluminum molds for forged carbon fiber or injection molded plastic. It would also be nice to cut fiberglass or carbon fiber sheets.
I've seen them able to mill aluminum if you go slow and have a shallow depth of cut. I've been trying to 3d print molds for a while and I just can't get them to work. It would be nice to mill some aluminum molds for forged carbon fiber or injection molded plastic. It would also be nice to cut fiberglass or carbon fiber sheets.
I feel like I'm starting to understand how to dial in a filament more and more. Still a lot of room for improvement, but I'm enjoying the process.
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Just went through my Amazon purchases for 2022 for taxes. 36 rolls of filament.That probably isn't a lot compared to some of you but I don't do high volume anything. I had no idea I had bought that much.
I took 18 empty spools to be recycled last week. I probably have another 10 or so active... So that's 28 spools I've run through my printer since I got it in 2019. I don't do a lot of large prints though. Most of my prints are less than 5h. I waste a lot unfortunately doing prototypes.
This was me 2 weeks ago.nice-- i went back and forth over the last week before waking up this morning and going "fuck it"
It showed up on Thurs. 
I just kept looking at my cart multiple times a day (was actually kinda hoping a few more spare parts would come in stock but more were going OOS)
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I have a shapeoko, I cut aluminum about 5 years ago, the oil/shavings are still everywhere...
So that was quick. Looks like the printer has shipped despite the site saying End of JanuaryThis was me 2 weeks ago.
I just kept looking at my cart multiple times a day (was actually kinda hoping a few more spare parts would come in stock but more were going OOS)
I ended up placing another order with 9 more hotends, build plates, thermistors and heating elements— basically any spares I could get my hands on, because who knows how shitty stock might be whenever I need to replace/fix it
CPTMULLET
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did you get a x1c w/ color thing or?So that was quick. Looks like the printer has shipped despite the site saying End of January
I ended up placing another order with 9 more hotends, build plates, thermistors and heating elements— basically any spares I could get my hands on, because who knows how shitty stock might be whenever I need to replace/fix it
Yeah the x1c combo with the AMS. Don’t even really plan to use it a lot because it seems like a lot of waste— probably just for things with text on it, or first-layer stuff like box tops, or printing support material
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Prepare for a huge mess and a very loud machine. I gave away my small CNC.
I would normally say get a laser instead, but since you want different heights you don't have too many choices. RIP GL
Oof ... Some how the printer is still functioning after "ripping" this off.
Ramathorn15
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this is one of the reasons I need my printer back up and running, shop vac adapters are so expensive
Are you in Canada? They're like $35 at harbor freight if you're in the US
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Nope. And even if it were besides PET or HDPE most plastics aren't ever recycled. And the spools aren't made from either AFAICT.
ObeyTheNoodle
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.6mm should be fine (?) i'm assuming they recommend it because of the fibers in the filament, and a .4 may be too restrictive
rest is probably tuning, i'm guessing. I haven't played enough with all of the settings in cura to even know what all of them do; only looked into the ones that i needed for what I was doing
depending on the bed, Glue stick might make it stick too well.
fan speed should be way lower with PETG. on my S1 Pro with upgraded cooling i run like 25-50% fan speed with PETG, sometimes lower
Yep. Just took a bunch more tinkering and I was finally able to get it to print correctly. I think the biggest change I had to make was the refraction speed and distance.
Thanks for the reply!
I've looked over a few recently and none had any recycle identifiers on them.
Around here, if there's no label it's trash. I used to just throw them in recycling but then I saw something saying not to.
Tell the supplier to use different materials for the spools or you won't purchase
It's all on the end consumer
Which is why I only buy ESUN refills.
CPTMULLET
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There’s a few brands that do cardboard spools now but apparently it’s considerably cheaper to use plastic ones
Finished printing Bordeaux the Octopus from Cults3d for my wife, somehow I think I'm going to get suckered into printing a bunch of these though. Was a long print - but doesn't require any supports. Nightlight design is complete as well now I'll get around to posting pictures of it later though.
well that was way quicker than expected
X1c is arriving tomorrow, with the other 2 orders for spares and stuff later in the week.
X1c is arriving tomorrow, with the other 2 orders for spares and stuff later in the week.