• Remy Rose@piefed.socialEnglish
    2·
    11 days ago

    I love it, yeah. There are some hiccups, don’t get me wrong… it warps as bad as ABS, and not many people sell the pure stuff. But:

    • It’s non-toxic.
    • It’s biodegradable.
    • It smells really nice! kinda like… play-doh?
    • It’s realllyyy strong!
    • It’s got this weird-but-nice texture, almost more leather than plastic.
    • It never jams my hotend.
      • Remy Rose@piefed.socialEnglish
        2·
        10 days ago

        ColorFabb claims that it is, but I’ve never looked into it! It’d be nice to know

        EDIT: found a comment from the person who makes the Ecogenesis stuff, about testing the UV resistance of another brand (Beyond Plastic, now defunct).

    • ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      21·
      11 days ago

      Are jams really that common anymore? I’ve got around 2500-3000h of print time on my two printers and I’ve never had a jam or clog on any of them.

      • Remy Rose@piefed.socialEnglish
        2·
        11 days ago

        It depends I guess. How many different types of material are you switching between, and how often? We commonly use PLA, PHA, ABS, ASA, HIPS, PETG, TPU, PP-GF, PA-CF, BVOH, and occasionally a few others/composites/etc. Some of them really don’t play nice with each other either.

        • ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          21·
          10 days ago

          PLA, PETG, ASA, ASA-CF, PET, PETG-CF and on rare occasions TPU85A, with the first 3 being the “regulars”

          • Remy Rose@piefed.socialEnglish
            1·
            10 days ago

            You must have your stuff pretty well dialed in then, congrats! We don’t get like a lot of jams, but since we print for so many patrons, the machines are just kinda always running. So it’s relatively rare, but it still happens