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Taulman Alloy 910

Discussion in 'Printing Filament' started by mark tomlinson, Apr 26, 2015.

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  1. Droid

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    I'm doing my first print with this stuff right now. well see how it goes.
     
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    Mark,
    I'm just starting out with nylons. I started with bridge and will try 910 in a day so so once my shipment from Printed Solid arrives. I had significant moisture absorption issues with the Taulman bridge even on freshly unwrapped spools. My best prints are after I freshly oven dry a spool at 200F.

    Does 910 have similar hygroscopic properties as bridge? Are you using a drybox to help with water absorption? Any tips on this are appreciated. I'm in Texas and my garage shop gets pretty humid. I'm working on a drybox design now, but curious if you had any issues with moisture.

    -Mike Giraud
     
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  3. mark tomlinson

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    I keep all the nylon in Ziploc bags that have desiccant in them.
    The Taulman 910 I just leave open on the feeding spool tree I use. It does not seem to suffer from moisture absorption like generic nylon does. If you are worried about it then seal it in a bag with desiccant as well.

    I am in Florida. We know humidity. :)

    Yes, most of the nylons are harder to print well when wet. None of the other materials I have tried run into the same issues. They might get surface defects from steam bubbles, but that is about it. Nylon though is very much a beast when wet.
     
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  4. David Sparrow

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    Love the material but still trying to get clean prints. What are people using for an extrusion factor?
     
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    This is another thing that may be printer specific.
    Start by making sure that you have calibrated the extruder (so that it is extruding the correct amounts).
     
    #25 mark tomlinson, Nov 2, 2015
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    How do you calibrate that. I have simplify3d. Is it a built in test or do I download STL from thingiverse and keep printing until I have it adjusted?
     
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