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90% of filament that claims it is 3mm is actually 2.85mm or 2.9mm. The remaining 10% that are truly at 3.00mm are a problem for the UM and can't be used. Don't even try it. Most of these manufacturers get enough feedback that within a few years they figure out that they should be making slightly smaller filament.
Just because an employee doesn't know about this, doesn't mean the company itself is also ignorant about this.
That's why I was confused, this was a filament manufacturing company's booth at a 3D printing conference and expo. His response to my question was "our filament is 3mm, I have never heard of 2.85mm" I guess they are part of the 10%
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90% of filament that claims it is 3mm is actually 2.85mm or 2.9mm. The remaining 10% that are truly at 3.00mm are a problem for the UM and can't be used. Don't even try it. Most of these manufacturers get enough feedback that within a few years they figure out that they should be making slightly smaller filament.
Just because an employee doesn't know about this, doesn't mean the company itself is also ignorant about this.
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