anyone printed with PET yet (coke bottles) ?

[fablab013 0]

we're expecting our first batch of PET in the next few days (the stuff plastic bottles are made of). Supposedly super strong and crystal clear.

Has anyone printed with this stuff yet ? How strong & how clear is it (how clear can it be printing in layers anyway ?) ?

Cannot find much info on this yet.

 

[Daid 298]

I cannot find much info about it on the reprap blog or wiki. I recommend logging your results on:

http://reprap.org/wiki/PET

 

[thingster 0]

No experiences with PET so far, but I'm always looking for printing materials that give very clear parts. PLA and PC are good but not perfect, so PET may be a better and even cheaper alternative.

 

[jhertzberg 19]

Not totally clear, but perhaps Taulman 645 nylon may be interesting to you.

 

[peggyb 169]

or maybe this, from the laywood, bricklay family: bendlay

BendLay

 

• clear like Polycarbonate
  
• bendable and resilent
  
• high-impact resistant and unbreakable
  
• no stress whitening by bending
  

 

http://www.orbi-tech.de/shop/3D-Filamente/BendLay:::72_121.html

 

[thingster 0]

And BendLay is cheaper than Polycarbonate!

[codemaven 0]

Does anyone have any experience with Bendlay or Laybrick yet? I've just ordered myself a roll of each. Laybrick sounds particularly interesting... I need to do my traditional Yoda bust first (I have a yoda printed in every filament that I have... My 'hello world' print). Then I want to try printing high voltage insulators with the laybrick for tesla coil use.

Cheers,

Troy.

 

[thingster 0]

I'll get samples of LayBrick and BendLay filament in a few days and will drive some test prints and also reporting the results then of course.

 

[jonnybischof 60]

Any update on the BendLay filament?

I need something transparent for an RGB-LED project, this seems very good on (e-)paper...

 

[nick-foley 5]

Printing with some clear PETG now @ 265°, no fan. Sticks well to an MDF print bed. Clarity isn't perfect, but it looks good overall. Even at this temp, though, layer adhesion isn't great.

 

[rhymeandreason 2]

I tried some PET from MakerGeeks a couple weeks ago.

It was a bit tricky...layer lamination issues, but that should just be fiddling with the settings.

(maybe overextrude a bit?)

Also, I have the U2, and the PET filament is quite soft. The extruder motor grinds a bit hard on it, so it was chewing at the filament too much.

It's very strong! I got enough printed to have a piece to fiddle with.

I've had much better luck with Nylon. (will write more in another post)

Also I hear that you can get the Taulman T-glase to be more transparent if you get the settings right

http://www.taulman3d.com/buy-t-glase-3mm.html

(currently on backorder)