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Re: SebastienBailard: Re: Dark thought about support materials

Posted by Forrest Higgs 
Re: SebastienBailard: Re: Dark thought about support materials
February 19, 2007 03:34PM
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Re: SebastienBailard: Re: Dark thought about support materials
February 19, 2007 04:25PM
Quoting Forrest Higgs :

> The stuff melts at 40-50 degrees C? What use is that going to be?
> HDPE is coming out of the barrel of the Mk 2.1 at about 160 degrees .
> Wouldn't the PEG just turn into a puddle when HDPE at that
> temparature hit it? Also, I'd have to talk somebody into making it
> into filament which means bulk orders. I've been through that
> Chinese fire drill too recently with CAPA to want to do it again with
> something else. I don't think my supplier would stand for being
> asked to do that twice.

Well - I'm extruding CAPA at about 65, so it could be fine for that.
We won't know until we try it. And something that melts that low
shouldn't be too hard to roll into a filament if need be.

Yours

Adrian

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