[hackpgh-discuss] Re: Hey brother can you spare some 3mm PLA filament?

  • From: Elijah Richter <elirichter@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: hackpgh-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2013 16:45:11 -0400

Jet, do you mean you wouldn't print structural parts out of pla?
On Mar 17, 2013 4:41 PM, "j. eric townsend" <jet@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I wouldn't print any of the structural parts with ABS due to all the
> vibration and tension.  But things like LED/display holders and other
> non-mechanical parts should be fine.  Plus, you can compost/recycle the
> parts that don't work...
>
> On 3/17/2013 4:00 PM, Jeremy Herrman wrote:
>
>> No 3mm PLA but I do have a bit of 3mm nylon, and plenty of 3mm ABS
>> including some cheap Chinese stuff if you'd like to see what printing
>> with bad filament is like.
>>
>> -Jeremy
>>
>> On Sunday, March 17, 2013, Elijah Richter wrote:
>>
>>     Do any of you printing folks have some 3mm PLA filament lying around
>>     that you aren't using (perhaps you changed to 1.75?) The mendelmax
>>     is coming along and I'd like to start testing with PLA filament. I
>>     have a few parts I'd like to eventually print for the bot itself, so
>>     I'd prefer black filament to match, but any color would work.
>>
>>     -Eli
>>
>>
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