3d print filaments
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Material choices quickly become a heated discussion - be forewarned.
There's plenty of us that advise against any of the flavors of PLA because its a lower temperature material more susecptable to warping in typical summer temperatures. Then there's folks that will extol on how they printed 5 suits in PLA and never had a problem.
Part of that is going to be location: London weather versus Las Vegas for example.
My view: Go with at least PETG. There's no 'gain' to staying with the lower grade material. Its not like you're comparing $10 to $50 a roll - or 1/2 the print speed etc. There's just no material advantage to PLA like its 5x stronger or anything.
There's plenty of us that advise against any of the flavors of PLA because its a lower temperature material more susecptable to warping in typical summer temperatures. Then there's folks that will extol on how they printed 5 suits in PLA and never had a problem.
Part of that is going to be location: London weather versus Las Vegas for example.
My view: Go with at least PETG. There's no 'gain' to staying with the lower grade material. Its not like you're comparing $10 to $50 a roll - or 1/2 the print speed etc. There's just no material advantage to PLA like its 5x stronger or anything.
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Do normal printers interchange filaments easily or do i need to go digging around for whether my printer of choice can run PETG instead of PLA or other choices of filaments?
BlazingForge
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you'll have to do some tuning either way. since your oklahoma i definitely would recommend PETG as a better option. wont warp and deform as easily as PLAs. i definitely recommend Elegoo's rapid PETG since its a very easy PETG to work with, Cheap and affordable, And overall is a great filament!
