Review on 🔍 Gizmo Dorks Polycarbonate Filament Transparent: Enhance Your 3D Prints with Clear Precision by Michael Hale

Once cured, this material is very stiff and heat resistant. More than any other material I've tried. Therefore, it is necessary to print parts for your printer somewhere near the hot end if you have a heated print chamber and print regularly with high-temperature materials. PC mixes tend to warp over time and you have to keep printing new parts to keep the machine in tune. I deduct 2 stars for the bad winding. It tangles and resists the point of sticky extrusion and even creates layer lines across the entire Z-axis print when the resistance of the coil pulls up on the hot end (direct drive), causing it to flex slightly and temporarily increase displacement. and then the coil weakens and returns to its normal position, creating a compressed next layer. I don't get good prints until I MANUALLY wind the filament! It took over an hour! I found that the adhesion of the layers improved up to 335°C. If you're buying this for true PC performance, note that you're only getting that performance if your computer can operate north of 300C. I used purple glue stick on freshly sanded Harolith at 105C and got excellent adhesion. Be sure to let the glue dry for 4-5 minutes before you start printing. Print a couple of temperature towers and increase the temperature until the print quality starts to degrade, then reduce that value a bit. bam! Insanely durable parts with the highest temperature resistance made from thermoplastic that rivals spikes. Hope that helps. Gizmodarks, this stuff is amazing, having to rewind it all the way by hand to get it printed properly is unacceptable. **Edit: This stuff really loves to deform. It will even crack itself if you convince it to stay on the desktop. I've had to go so far as to rework the pieces to combat buckling and add anchor legs, and snap off the hook anchors that reach the buildplate with legs and snag on the support material (uncheck "Support on buildplate only") and hold those part down during printing. I also increased the nozzle temperature to 335°C. Also this stuff is a beast and blows everything I've used. But if you're not willing to design your parts specifically to print with these extreme materials, then this material isn't for you**