A new trend has arrived when it comes to our beloved PLA filaments: Adding impact modifiers that promise to make it “about 12 times stronger than ordinary PLA”. Can it really pull that off?
Month: October 2016
Fillamentum Rapunzel Silver PLA Review! #Filaween
Print metallic parts without any special hardware – this is how Fillamentum Extrafill PLA performs!
Ultimaker 3 Impressions!
The Ultimaker 3 is here! These are the things you should know about it, its larger brother, the Ultimaker 3 Extended and the future of Ultimaker in the “Maker” market.
Everything you need to know about #Filaween filament testing!
Reasoning Filaments need testing. Many, many manufacturers claim to be “the best” or “twice as strong as ABS” – but how do you verify those claims?
Reference ABS test! #Filaween
Next up, as a reference material, is this lovely dark green ABS.
Reference PLA analysis! #Filaween
Alright, let’s set some references. The first one here is generic PLA.
#Filaween methods – How i will be torturing filaments!
There are so many filaments that all want to be tested – here’s the array of benchmarks and tests I’ll use to put them through their paces!
TCT: Why open source is life for AlephObjects, makers Lulzbot 3D printers!
Sharing is caring, right? AlephObjects take it very seriously and religiously embrace free/libre hardware and software!
TCT: James Bruton’s third BB8 and his creative process for it!
I got to learn about how James Bruton’s awesome designs and how he makes them! Check out James’ channel here or support him on Patreon. All videos from the TCT show Birmingham 2016 Huge thanks to e3d-online.com for making this trip possible!