Comment on Prusament launches "PA11 Natural" filament- plant based PA nylon for mechanical parts

greatwhitebuffalo41@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  In the meantime, 0.065" trimmer line is fifteen bucks for half a kilo, in an interesting array of neon colors and strange cross sectional shapes that may or may not play nice in your extruder gears. Some adjustment of your extrusion multiplier is surely in order (0.065" is a shade under 1.75mm, at 1.651).

  Obligatory CNC Kitchen article: www.cnckitchen.com/blog/3d-printing-trimmer-line

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  • ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Can you 3D print trimmer line? Yes you can and not only does it kind of work; after drying the material for a night, it performs better than I ever imagined! Printability is excellent even working at temperatures that Bowden hotends could handle, and quality is awesome. Material strength is similar to what I’ve seen in the past with other Nylons with decent layer adhesion and impressive impact strength.

    Well I’ll be damned…that’s pretty neat

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