What shall we do with a 3D printer...early in the morning!

[harrisonpatm]

A good summary of (nearly) all the different filaments available, their pros and cons. I love these videos because I always find a couple that I've never heard of that I want to try. Anybody else try PCTG yet?

 

[amberwolf]

Haven't seen that specific video yet, but the others from him on "every filament ever made" (or whatever he called the series) were interesting, if not very detailed.

 

[harrisonpatm]

Haven't seen that specific video yet, but the others from him on "every filament ever made" (or whatever he called the series) were interesting, if not very detailed.

If you watch his quick overviews and one of the filaments he mentions looks interesting, head over to CNCKitchen, because Stefan likely has done a much more thorough review on the specific filament you want to know more about. For example, I went there to find more about PCTG:

Essentium PCTG Review — CNC Kitchen

PCTG in its full, written form is hard to pronounce but it’s similarly to PETG and also a glycol modified Copolyester for better printability and material performance. It claims to be an alternative to PETG only with better impact strength, surface gloss, and for me, more importantly, almost perfect

www.cnckitchen.com

 

[nicobie]

I would trust Stefan before anybody else when it comes to printer filament.

 

[amberwolf]

Perhaps a useful drybox is the GammaVault pet food / etc airtight container system:

Shelf live of Silicone (RTV) after opening

When you need RTV, have you run into one that's been opened sitting in your tool box for a while (months/ years) but the stuff inside has cured so it's useless? That's happened to me quite a few times. This tube is at least 3 years old and is 1/2 full. The stuff inside is still fine and flows...

endless-sphere.com

I already have "a few" of them, so I'll try it out as I don't have anything else ATM that is sealable like these are. Dunno why I didn't think of it myself.

They're certainly big enough to hold a stack of filament reels.