Back in 2022, when we launched PA11 Carbon Fiber, we didn’t have any enclosed 3D printers with heating strong enough to support materials like pure polyamides. Sure, small parts were printable, but the failure rate was high. Today, however, with fully...
In the meantime, 0.065" trimmer line is fifteen bucks for half a kilo, in an interesting array of neon colors and strange cross sectional shapes that may or may not play nice in your extruder gears. Some adjustment of your extrusion multiplier is surely in order (0.065" is a shade under 1.75mm, at 1.651).
Can you 3D print trimmer line? Yes you can and not only does it kind of work; after drying the material for a night, it performs better than I ever imagined! Printability is excellent even working at temperatures that Bowden hotends could handle, and quality is awesome. Material strength is similar to what I’ve seen in the past with other Nylons with decent layer adhesion and impressive impact strength.
Well I’ll be damned…that’s pretty neat.
Also, it’s a good and thorough article (as always with Stefan), so worth a read for anyone interested in doing this.
Neat. But hopefully the price comes down one day.
In the meantime, 0.065" trimmer line is fifteen bucks for half a kilo, in an interesting array of neon colors and strange cross sectional shapes that may or may not play nice in your extruder gears. Some adjustment of your extrusion multiplier is surely in order (0.065" is a shade under 1.75mm, at 1.651).
Obligatory CNC Kitchen article: https://www.cnckitchen.com/blog/3d-printing-trimmer-line
Well I’ll be damned…that’s pretty neat.
Also, it’s a good and thorough article (as always with Stefan), so worth a read for anyone interested in doing this.