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Printing more heat resistant materials or increasing melting point

I use an Ender-3 3D printer with no additional modifications, due to a specific project I require printing of material that is more heat resistant than the usual PLA by at least 40 - 50 °C. A method ...

creality-ender-3 filament temperature

asked by Aerospace_Nerd Score of 2

answered by 0scar Score of 2

Creality K1 Max Filament Won't Feed

I'm unable to feed the filament past the highlighted figure in my Creality K1 Max. There was no problem with filling it before the filament ran out on a print overnight. Any hints as to what might be ...

troubleshooting filament creality-k1

asked by Colin Biggs Score of 1

answered by 0scar Score of 1

What issues could I face if I was to insulate my 3D printer enclosure?

I currently have my 3D printer in my office - but I am not very happy about the smells so I have considered moving it to my unheated workshop. It is cool all summer, and frost-free in winter (I live ...

enclosure

asked by JoSSte Score of 1

answered by 0scar Score of 2

Extreme bed adhesion

I have an Ender-2 which I bought used. I have mostly printed in PLA, since I have had some bed heating issues when printing with ABS. I have had a lot of issues removing prints from the build plate - ...

adhesion creality-ender-2

asked by JoSSte Score of 1

answered by Ondřej Beneš Score of 1

Greatest hits from previous weeks:

What causes bubbles in extruded filament?

I've noticed this on almost ever print I've ever had. On the initial first line that clears the extruder nozzle tiny little bubbles/craters seem to form on the line. While I don't think these are ...

filament print-quality makerbot

asked by Diesel Score of 20

answered by StarWind0 Score of 8

What are the ideal print conditions for polypropylene?

I'm having a lot of trouble printing polypropylene right now, and I think it may have to do with the conditions. I'm using a very thin coat of ABS on the base plate (just as you would do when printing ...

print-quality print-preparation print-material

asked by CuriouSir Score of 9

answered by LuisOnOff Score of 14

Why is it conventional to set line width > nozzle diameter?

I recently became curious about the Line Width setting in Cura and why one might change it if they aren't using different size nozzle. Since I've gotten my Ender 3, I've always kept the line width ...

ultimaker-cura slicing nozzle knowledgebase

asked by ifconfig Score of 16

Getting E1 Thermal Runaway errors, even after replacing the heating element on Tevo Tarantula

Earlier today I successfully completed a small print (less than 1 hour) on our Tevo Tarantula. When it came time to print the next one, I started preheating for PLA and got an "E1 Thermal Runaway" ...

troubleshooting heat-management tevo-tarantula

asked by dugost Score of 5

answered by Trish Score of 6

Tool to measure in STL files

I want to create parts for a 3D printer using OpenSCAD. Having some STL files from the vendor, but nothing else (no technical drawing, no CAD files). Does anybody knows a free tool, that allows me to ...

3d-models software blender

asked by Thomas S. Score of 19

answered by Gunslinger Score of 18

What are main differences between rafts, skirts and brims?

I would like to understand the differences between rafts, skirts and brims. They appear in the software which I'm using to edit my 3D objects. Can anybody elaborate what are these and what are the ...

rafts brims

asked by kenorb Score of 31

answered by Eric Johnson Score of 46

What is PLA+? How is it different from PLA?

Question What is PLA+? How is it different than PLA? I'm looking for science, composition, formula, safety concerns (or lack thereof), etc. Background I picked up a roll of PLA+ at Microcenter (...

filament pla filament-choice pla+

asked by YetAnotherRandomUser Score of 30

answered by Trish Score of 15