3D Hubs & Colorfabb 3D Filament Workshop

There’s a workshop being put on with demonstration of Colorfabb’s Plastic Filaments.

$17.50 C and includes refreshments and a sample pack of Filament.

I have used Colorfabbs stuff. Pretty nice stuff. But does have some differences from pure PLA.

Sorry I should have posted it before there was only 14hrs left on the tickets. My bad.

Dan D

If we choose to attend, is the 1.75mm or the 2.85mm filament more appropriate for the space?

Is it safe to use in the Tinkerine Ditto Pro?

From here, they note that carbon fiber filament is abrasive, and will accelerate nozzle wear of brass nozzles much faster than regular filaments. They recommend using it with stainless steel or hardened copper alloy nozzles. I don’t know what the machines at VHS have.

The Prusa i3 that @KevMacD and I are building for VHS has an all metal 1.75mm hexagon hotend.
https://www.marginallyclever.com/shop/3d-printers/hexagon-hotend-set-1.75mm

Steve

The link to Dan’s site describes that as a brass nozzle, so I suppose you’ll have to decide whether using the carbon filament is worth it.

I have also emailed the organizer asking if there’s any way to register now that the eventbrite ticketing is closed. I’ll post back here any details.

They’ve opened registration up again until Tuesday (the event is on Saturday April 25th), and I also asked what the sample packs contain:

The 275g sample packs are all of unprinted filament rolls including: the carbon fibre XT-CF20, a few XT’s (brightly colored), bambooFill & copperFill.

I have no immediate need for these special filaments, but I might consider attending anyway and donating them to the space if others express the need for them and think it’s a worthwhile expenditure.

Thanks for the heads up! I grabbed the last 2.85mm ticket. Definitely worth it just to play with new materials.

Hey sorry I wasn’t able to reply earlier. Glad you got in. The Ditto Pro is 1.75mil. We don’t have a 3mm PLA machine atm. The nozzle on the Ditto is brass. I know wood is fine with the Ditto.

I’ll be there at the meetup and lecture so I’ll have a better idea with the carbon and the copper.

I registered and will get a 1.75mm pack as well. Registration ends at 2pm today, for anyone who is still interested.

I’ll be headed down there before the Whitecaps game. They better not take away my samples when I enter the stadium! Fat Bastards!

If you’d like to give them to me to drop off at the hack space, I can do that. I’ll be the one with red hair (and a little too much of it).

I’ll see how big the package/bag is. Schlepping it to Doolins then BC
Place might not be a huge deal, but if it is, I will look you up. Are you
there the whole time Shane?

I don’t know if I’ll stay for the whole time, but I might. I expect I’ll be there at least 3 hours.

For anyone who’s interested, I left the sample filaments on the shelf above the 3D printers in a branded cardboard box.

Best be checking with the committee on these. These are non standard
Filaments and some Wood/Metalfill can be problematic. Also I believe the
XT Temps are not the same as standard PLA

I wouldn’t be messing with these on the space’s printers!

I did write inside the box that one shouldn’t use the carbon and copper fill without first getting permission from whoever owns the printer, as they are abrasive to brass nozzles (which both the i3 and the Tinkerine use). I also left the brochure with it, so they can refer to recommended temperatures in there. Hopefully that’s enough precaution.

Thanks Shane

I saw them there and will try some after we get through MMF