[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 22:45:05 -0400
Ok, I figured that's what you meant. So are you saying that PLA tends to
crack if used as a structural component? I was looking online a bit and the
only cautions I came across regarding using PLA was not to use it for
components that are subjected to heat. The reason I was thinking about
using it is that I've read that it's less prone to shrinkage and I would
therefore expect more dimensionally accurate.
-Eli
On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 9:38 PM, j. eric townsend <jet@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> gah, "with PLA" is what I meant. ABS is much better for structural
> components.
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> On 3/17/2013 4:40 PM, j. eric townsend wrote:
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>> 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...
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>> On 3/17/2013 4:00 PM, Jeremy Herrman wrote:
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>>> 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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