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meduza

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  1. @kmanstudios: Yes, the CF means carbon fibre, and it is extremely abrasive, it kills a brass nozzle in just a few hundred grams.

    This is the difference after 300 grams, the nozzle is just trash by this point.

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    The best solution is to get a ruby tipped nozzle like The Olsson Ruby, but if you only print quite limited amounts and want to spend less you can also go with a hardened steel nozzle.

  2. You should not use a FDM printed material in the mouth for any longer times due to the above stated reasons, so there is not a good answer to your question.

    I know that Formlabs are working on releasing a set of resins for long-term certified 3d printed dentures (one for teeth and one for the gum) this fall, and i'll think that you should be able to use the teeth one for printing provisional crowns on a Form 2.

  3. You mean something like this?

    http://hackaday.com/2017/03/25/mrrf-17-the-infinite-build-volume-printer/

    I did think about this earlier today, and it should be totally possible to remove the Z stage and mount something like in the link above, the downside would be that since it is angled 45 degress, you would be limited in how long things you can print before you hit the floor or it breaks off, unless you tilted the printer 45 degrees back :-)

  4. Since both you guys @nallath and @sandervg are making references to OIN, have Ultimaker considered creating something similar specifically for 3D Printing? A Patent pool where any company can join and get access to using all of the patents on the premise that they will never sue any of the other members, only use their patents defensivly and that all of the members can use their patents freely, both for use in their product and to defend themselves.

    This is actually something i'll think is seriously lacking in the 3D Printing business world, and as much as i hate the whole current implementation of the patent system, i'll have to admit that you should protect your business, but doing it the open patent pool way would at least open up the door for inventors with small business to join and get some protection, and it could reduce the offensive patent usage in the 3d printing world.

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