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PLA Bronzefill Question

Discussion in 'Printing Filament' started by mprinz, Apr 22, 2015.

  1. mprinz

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    Hey everyone,

    So I just got my bronzefill from Colorfabb the other day and was wondering if I should be using a filament oiler for it as I would if I were printing regular PLA. This stuff seems pretty soft and I'm worried that the hobbled gear is going to chew right through it and clog up on me.
     
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  2. Printed Solid

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    Hey there, I'm a US reseller for colorFabb and have printed hours and hours on a stock R1 with hexagon. 210C. Cold bed. Personally I've never used an inline oiler on any of my printers. I do occasionally wipe down the first few inches of a piece of filament with canola oil. Maybe every 10 prints or so. Same goes for bronze.
    I've personally never had any issues with chewing or buckling. The handful of reports I have heard have been from customers with bowden extruders. They've solved it by giving the nozzle a good cleaning.
    Post what you make and feel free to hit me up with any questions once you get going.
     
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    I have printed a decent amount of Bronzefil with no issues, but I use the in-line oiler on everything but nylon.
    It won't hurt to use the oiler either way.
     
    #3 mark tomlinson, Apr 23, 2015
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    OK, I have found the solution to post-processing for the metal filaments.
    Here are two photos of a chunk (a messed up print) made of Bronzefil that we then polished.
    shiney1.jpg shiney2.jpg
     
    #5 mark tomlinson, Aug 12, 2015
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    Details here:

     
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