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Review on ๐Ÿ–จ Precision-Engineered Printer Filament: Ensuring Dimensional Accuracy on Spools by David Everett

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Good material, warps a little, very little documentation

Let me start by saying that going over 285C with a factory Ender 3 V2 glass bead thermistor is a terrible idea as they are after that temperature are not accurate. general. Now for the stuff. Assuming you have a thermistor that is SAFE to reach 300ยฐC you will run into problems if you try to run 100mm with Octoprint. I've tried getting it to extrude consistently at 285, 300 and up to 320C and I couldn't get the same number twice when trying to get the extrusion width. I kept seeing my newly installed EZR Struder as the culprit, switched back to Winsinn with two gears, same problem. Spring loaded, same problem. I checked the terminal and it pushed out the command G1 E100 F3000 which just didn't like that stuff in my setup. I tried tweaking the PID to see if it actually works at 300C, no change. Finally I chose G1 E100 F60 and it worked great. Started printing at 60mm/s and the cube on the left was 20% full in my dank basement. I tried searching online for estimated print speeds and couldn't find any information. They list the best adhesion at 55C with glue on glass. You'll need to use a case for this as this stuff deforms pretty well in my basement. I dry all my nylon in the Rosewill Dehydrator for at least 6 hours before printing. The cube on the left is 100% filled with glue on a glass pad at 80ยฐC, printed at 300ยฐC and 60 mm/s. I will build and test a case for my Ender Extender 400. As soon as Polymaker has PA6-GF I will try it. I currently have this to play with and will soon be buying a Polymide CoPa to compare with. I'm still very early in the testing phase and will update any relevant settings I find. TLDR, there is very little print setting information and I initially had trouble setting the E-steps because telling the printer to extrude 100mm was too fast for this material at 100C.

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