Materials

Guide to 25 Different Materials

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PLA

• Prusa i3 Mk3 Printing specs
  • use default settings
• Finishing a project made of PLA so it loses ‘stepping’ of print; polishes
  • Solvent
• Great Video about PLA
• Blog Posts on filament
  • Fly Casual 01 , Measuring Up 02, Recreating Past 02, Second Go, and First Print

Moldlay

• Matter Hackers product info
• Blog about product
• Prusa i3 Mk3 Printing specs
  • Bed: 35 degree celsius first layer, 45 degree after
  • Nozzle: 210 degrees
  • Speed: 180 mm/s (speeding this up reduced webbing)
  • KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON NOZZLE BEFORE PRINT
    • moldlay will build up easily if the nozzle is not pulled clean with tweezers
    • custom g-code may be the answer to pause print head after calibration for this critical cleaning period
    • letting the nozzle cool between prints seemed to solve this problem
• Blog Posts on filament
  • Creating Cast 01 and Creating Cast 02

Silicone

• Smooth-On
  • Mold Max 60

Retraction Refinement

• What is Retraction?
• GREAT Tutorial on how to fix. Includes download
• Slic3r Retraction editing
• Blog posts on Retraction
  • Retraction

Solvent Welding

• Blog discussing Solvents
• Blog Posts on solvent
  • Solvent Welding, Solvent Strength

Bio PLA

• Jamplast Biopolymers
• Eco Products Ingeo PLA
• Natureworks 3D Printing PLA
  • Technical Specs
• Prusa i3 Mk3 Printing specs for Bio PLA
  • Use PLA default settings
  • Perhaps non heated bed?
• Blog Posts on filament
  • Homespun Plastic

ABS

• Finishing a project made of ABS so it loses ‘stepping’ of print; polishes
  • Vapor Solvent
• Toxicity of Burning ABS
• Lost ABS Investment Casting

T-Glase

• T-Glase
• T-Glase Review