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  1. Jaykav99

    Jaykav99 New Member

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    Hey guys is there an official list somewhere that robo says the R2 works with or at least tested with.

    Store page just says 30+
     
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    P.S. I imagine the "tested with" list is not very big.
    Still not reason for it not to work with any of them.
    There are a couple of odd-duck nylons that need over 300c so those, maybe avoid :)
     
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    pretty much avoid those nylons and Peek and Peek like materials and your good.

    PETG
    Co Polymers
    PLA
    ABS-dont use this one
    ASA
    Filled materials- Get hardened nozzle
    Polycarbonate
    TPU - will need modifications to make work reliably I'd bet


    These are "groups" of materials. There are hundreds of individual types. What are you wanting to run?
     
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    The couple of things I've printed in TPU/flex came out nice as is :) (few ugly lines was me changing temps to find the best one)

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    Not shocked. The "feed" on the R2/C2 direct extruder is short (and a direct feed, so inherently lower gearing). I would think that slow print speeds would likely work.
     
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    I left it at my standard 60mm/s. Just had too little retract causing a bit of stringing, will increase next time I use some.
     
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    What TPU?
     
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    Even with a Titan that eats TPU for breakfast I cant break 50 on parts that need to look great.
     
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    This is from an M3D spool. They insist on giving their filaments their own branding and say nothing at all about what they actually are (hate it), so I don't know if their "Tough 3D" (worst branding ever for flex material?) is actually TPU or some other variant of flexible stuff.
     
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