Experiments with Faberdashery (UK) PLA and larger scale Filament testing

Hello Everyone,

I just finished some multicolour experiments with some Faberdashery PLA material, it's really nice stuff to print with and looks good for some more details on using this plastic and to see a few prints check out my Blog here - A splash of British colour.



I'm also in the middle of a load of different suppliers PLA testing, if anyone wants to see any specific testing done, let me know. I am planning the following tests at the moment -
1) - Translucency test.
2) - Bridging test.
3) - Fine detail test.
4) - Temperature test
5) - Raw Filament bend / break test
6) - Printed part bend / break test
7) - Warp test

If anyone else wants to help test, it would be good to use the same models and settings so we can compare results, let me know.

Cheers,

Rich.

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Hmm, the red, white and blue parts look more French than British! I won't be satisfied until you print a Union Flag (aka Union Jack)! Thanks for the tip about faberdashery. I think I'll be getting the Rainbow Fun Pack when they get it back in stock.

Rainbow Fun packs are back in stock

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droftarts Wrote:
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> Hmm, the red, white and blue parts look more
> French than British! I won't be satisfied until
> you print a Union Flag (aka Union Jack)! Thanks
> for the tip about faberdashery. I think I'll be
> getting the Rainbow Fun Pack when they get it back
> in stock.


Maybe I should do more stripes for the British version - Blue,White, Red, White, Blue



I can always call the first one the French or US version

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faberdasher Wrote:
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> Rainbow Fun packs are back in stock
Thanks, I'll order one and some white, as I have just about finished the 100m I bought from Adrian. I notice you're in Frome; I lived in Norton St Philip, Frome, Southwick, Bath and Trowbridge, until recently moving back to where I grew up near Basingstoke. There doesn't seem to be many other reprappers around here...

Droftarts - It seems the South West is quite a 3D printing hotspot
RichRap - That's inspired us: OpenSCAD scipt that gobbles up Flag vector art and spits out colour layered STLs ...
... When time permits

- Clare.

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Wow, those parts look awesome!

How do you print multi-colour like that? Do you have to stop the print part way and swap over the colour?

Cheers,

Keukpa

keukpa Wrote:
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> Wow, those parts look awesome!
>
> How do you print multi-colour like that? Do you
> have to stop the print part way and swap over the
> colour?
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> Cheers,
>
> Keukpa

Warning, this is a Read the fudging link ! answer


No, Richrap just calculate lengths and join the colors before printing.

See his blog for that, and a lots of other nice experimentations :

[richrap.blogspot.fr]

and

[richrap.blogspot.fr]

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Most of my technical comments should be correct, but is THIS one ?
Anyway, as a rule of thumb, always double check what people write.

interesting i was thinking about breaking tests too ...

but my machine will not be ready till end of the year (my guess)

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