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Posted: 11/5/2022 10:59:30 AM EDT
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Best PLA is Prusament (by Prusa) and 3D Fuel. Polymaker PolyLite is also very, very good, but not quite as good as Prusament or 3D Fuel, but I have no problem making parts with quality high enough to sell commercially. I use about 30kg/month of it.
 Best PETG is Prusament (by Prusa) and Atomic. Best ASA is Prusament (by Prusa) and Polymaker, in my more limited experience. Other stuff, go 3DXTECH. |
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Posted: 11/5/2022 12:33:50 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Best PLA is Prusament (by Prusa) and 3D Fuel. Polymaker PolyLite is also very, very good, but not quite as good as Prusament or 3D Fuel, but I have no problem making parts with quality high enough to sell commercially. I use about 30kg/month of it. Best PETG is Prusament (by Prusa) and Atomic. Best ASA is Prusament (by Prusa) and Polymaker, in my more limited experience. Other stuff, go 3DXTECH. I really like the atomic extreme impact. It's really good stuff. |
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Posted: 11/5/2022 1:27:20 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I really like the atomic extreme impact. It's really good stuff. Same. I made press brake dies out of it. |
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Posted: 11/5/2022 1:55:36 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Same. I made press brake dies out of it. I'd be curious to see a picture of the press. How thick of steel are you bending? We often have some projects that would benefit from this but it's well outside of my wheelhouse. |
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Posted: 11/5/2022 8:34:04 PM EDT
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I like 3dfuel more than atomic by a smidge, and their re-fuel is the best deal going if you don't care about color.
Functional parts is either cf petg from atomic or 3dxtech has some noooiiiice stuff to choose from. I recently did some race car parts with some stuff from 3dxtech, had to stand up to fuel and very hot temps. Regular or carbon fiber ASA from 3dxtech is gtg. Prusa has good stuff, but until they get pricing to my door better, I haven't justified the price. |
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Posted: 11/5/2022 8:46:33 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryPrusa has good stuff, but until they get pricing to my door better, I haven't justified the price. Check out Printed Solid. Prusa teamed up/aquired them a couple years back with the intent of them being essentially a US service/distributer. Still not really fully implemented but they they have some replacement parts and a decent selection of Prusament. PLA is $36/kg+ Tax and free shipping over $50. |
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Posted: 11/5/2022 8:49:17 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I'd be curious to see a picture of the press. How thick of steel are you bending? We often have some projects that would benefit from this but it's well outside of my wheelhouse. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Same. I made press brake dies out of it. I'd be curious to see a picture of the press. How thick of steel are you bending? We often have some projects that would benefit from this but it's well outside of my wheelhouse. Well, they were for my 5" bench vise. They bent the .093 6061 I had without any trouble or damage to the dies. That said, I found some youtube videos a while back of a guy who was using PLA+ to print dies for a giant ass CNC brake for production runs of .125 (I think) steel brackets and was able to run like 100 parts before the dies degraded to the point that they weren't usable. For a hobbyist though (aka me making brackets to hang the custom blinds we got) these worked great. I'll edit with a pic in a minute or two. ETA pics:  Attached File Attached File |
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Posted: 11/5/2022 8:50:39 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Check out Printed Solid. Prusa teamed up/aquired them a couple years back with the intent of them being essentially a US service/distributer. Still not really fully implemented but they they have some replacement parts and a decent selection of Prusament. PLA is $36/kg+ Tax and free shipping over $50. It's not really any cheaper than it was. It's actually more expensive in a lot of cases. Depends on how many spools you buy. I can get 2 spools shipped for $76 from Prusa directly. That's cheaper than Printed Solid. There is a place for it...if I want a really high quality finish in ASA, or Prusa Orange, I'll pay the shipping. I also experimented with some of their other filaments...I think I have about 15 or so kg of their filament. Always happy with the results, but it IS much pricier, considering I can get Atomic about 25% cheaper. |
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Posted: 11/5/2022 9:12:38 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Well, they were for my 5" bench vise. They bent the .093 6061 I had without any trouble or damage to the dies. That said, I found some youtube videos a while back of a guy who was using PLA+ to print dies for a giant ass CNC brake for production runs of .125 (I think) steel brackets and was able to run like 100 parts before the dies degraded to the point that they weren't usable. For a hobbyist though (aka me making brackets to hang the custom blinds we got) these worked great. I'll edit with a pic in a minute or two. ETA pics: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/142455/A2D28D44-61EA-49C5-A542-A8B32DF777A3_jpe-2589158.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/142455/8BCCEFCE-4A75-43D5-9D94-B5FFF8C77DCF_jpe-2589160.JPG Thanks. That's closer to what we'd be doing anyways. |
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Posted: 11/12/2022 1:13:43 AM EDT
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eSun PLA+ is what I am running these days.
Keeping it dry and out if any sun/florescent lights has helped. |
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Posted: 11/12/2022 7:22:43 AM EDT
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I have had my best results with 3D Fuel and Atomic.
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Posted: 11/12/2022 10:35:11 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: eSun PLA+ is what I am running these days. Keeping it dry and out if any sun/florescent lights has helped. |
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Posted: 11/12/2022 1:44:28 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Wait why does sun/florescent affect pla+? PLA is extremely sensitive to UV degradation, and actually degrades in water too. |
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