Faberdashery PLA Material

[darthwilson 0]

Hello folks

I am a proud Ultimaker V1 owner. I got one about 2 months ago and soon enough I will run out of material which I got from the Ultimaker store. As I am in Ireland/UK I was recommended to try the website http://www.faberdashery.co.uk/products-page/%20to%20get%20PLA%20material.

They have a great selection of colours and you can buy it by the metre which is cool! However I notice that the filament diameter is either 1.75mm or 3mm. The filament I get from Ultimaker is 2.85mm I believe off hand. Will the 1.75 or 3mm work in an Ultimaker V1 and if so then which one should I get? 3mm because it is closer to the 2.85?

Apologies in advance if this is a silly question, I would just like to be sure and I am very new to 3D printing.

Thanks folks and have a good day

 

[illuminarti 18]

Typically '3mm' is used as a generic description, and what you get is really around 2.8 - 2.9mm. Certainly, with Faberdashery that is the case. It will work fine in your UM1.

Some suppliers (especially generic providers with little understanding of the requirements in practice) produce '3mm' filament that really IS 3mm - or sometimes more. And those won't work well on an Ultimaker, as they can become caught in the Bowden tube. So it can be confusing.

But if you stick with reputable brand name suppliers, like Faberdashery, ColorFabb, etc., you won't go too far wrong. And I definitely recommend Faberdashery since you're close by and won't have to pay huge shipping costs.

 

[skint 61]

Hey Darth

I am in UK too, and have started using Faberdashery quite a bit, so far my preferred material. I have started to measure diameters regularly and so far every spool I have had has been very accurate, 2.85 typically is what you get. I use the UM2.

Here`s a picture of the black which I have just measured.

On another note regarding filament, when I do a change material I also measure the filament when it has been retracted back through the feeder. It seems that after the feeder has chewed it up a little, and added its little teeth marks, the PLA typically ends up at 3.10mm

 

[rob 0]

I'm in the UK and also have a original Ultimaker (rev 4), I've been using 3mm Faberdashery PLA with absolutely no problems, even their Galaxy Blue which has aluminium dust in seems to work fine as long as you crank the temperature up to 220/230C.

Some people don't like the fact they only supply their filament loose in a bag rather than on a spool but I prefer it. The spools seem to cause some problems when you get to the last 10-20% near the core where the plastic can be tightly coiled and has a strong curve to it.

 

[skint 61]

Rob, same here mate. I haven't gone back to spooled filament since using Fab.

 

[woofy 12]

Ditto!

 

[skint 61]

Allows us to push the printer much closer to the wall too

 

[andrew-white 0]

On the Faberdashery loose spool stuff what way type of holder are you using? or do you just sorta hang it on the oem spool holder.

 

[thirty6 3]

I put it on a cake decorators turntable, allows the filament to untwist when the tension builds. Did have a batch with a break in it so now check it carefully before printing. Would also recommend colorfabbb great quality and still prefer it being on a spool.

[skint 61]

Andrew, I printed out a spool holder for use with faberdashery stuff, but actually all I ever do now is leave the spool loose on the floor at the rear of the printer and it simply unravels itself. No problems so far and one less component issue to worry about lol.

 

[woofy 12]

This one

 

On the Faberdashery loose spool stuff what way type of holder are you using? or do you just sorta hang it on the oem spool holder.

 

[Nicolinux 288]

Man I wish Faberdashery would ship to Germany for less than a spool's worth

I ordered filament samples from nearly every color they got and it really is the best filament I used so far.

 

[rob 0]

I ordered some new plastic from Faberdashery a couple of days ago and it arrived today, I've gone for some more interesting colours this time, Squeezed Orange, Village Green, Bloomsbury Teal and Princely Purple. I'll post some photos of prints with them later.

 

 

[skint 61]

Rob, the green is nice you`ll like it. I also have their shiny silver but haven`t used it yet.

 

[rob 0]

Printed the http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:27233 to test out the new colours, the light in the photos makes them look a bit brighter than they actually.

 

[yellowshark 153]

++1 on everything Rob said. I leave my Fab filament laying on the floor - with the sizing bearing fitted

 

[nickwu 0]

Has anyone used voltivo filaments on Ultimaker 2 before?

http://voltivo.com/products/excelfil

Thanks for any advice

 

[DidierKlein 729]

Hi all,

I ordered some faberdashery filaments and received it yesterday.

Princely Purple

Galaxy Blue

Desert Tan

And they gave me a sample of glowbug yellow (glow in the dark).

First print with my basic settings for PLA: 220°c and 60°c bed:

Filament won't stick to the bed, too cold

230°c and 65°c same behaviour

235°c and 65°c same behaviour

240°c and 60°c sticks well to the bed, but i have some little blobs on the test print:

 

Nothing to worry about. Just need to fine tune the settings...

 

I just find that the temperature is quite high, if anyone here using Faberdashery filaments could give tips on his print settings? Is 240°c a good temp?

 

I did a test print of the UM Robot i had with TweakAtZ putting the temp down to 195°c for tricky parts (works well with any Colorfabb filaments) and it resulted in massive underextrusion :mrgreen:

 

Anyway the finished look is very smooth and kind of shiny, looks pretty good to me

 

[illuminarti 18]

I generally print it at 230/60, with a thin film of glue stick (spread with a wet paper towel).

[DidierKlein 729]

I also applied glue with the towel technique

But it looks like 230°c extrudes too hard (the filament doesn't look melted enough) is it possible that there is something more in the purple colour that makes it less viscous at that temp?

Maybe Rob can tell as he printed the same colour?

 

[cor3ys 28]

Hi Didier

I have a loads of faberdashery filament i think there is only a few colors i don't have or haven't had, but i do have all four colors you have received, I normally use a temp of 220 and a bed temp of 60 at layer heights of .1 and i would normally raise the temp to around 225 to 230 if using layers of 0.15 - 0.2 My bed always has some glue stick on it at all times i just give it a wipe with a damp cloth every print then after a few days of use i normally add some fresh stuff, my glass never gets washed just wiped with a damp cloth so there is always some residue of glue on it...

 

[DidierKlein 729]

I will do more test this evening. Maybe my bed is not levelled perfectly since the new update of firmware. Or i have to apply more glue. With Colorfabb i didn't need to apply glue often.

 

[shurik 87]

I only received my first Faberdashery a short while ago, and by trial and error have found that the temperature must be 240C for .2 layers at high speeds of 50-60 mm/s.

And in my case too, it is very shiny, quite nice though.

I do not use glue, only wipe the glass clean with some glass cleaner and heat the bed to 60C. Seems to stick.

 

[Nicolinux 288]

@Didier: I have ordered a sample of pretty much every color Faberdashery has to offer. Printing at 230/60 (layer height 0.2) was no problem like Illuminarti said. So I'd guess it might be the bed leveling for you.

 

[DidierKlein 729]

Thanks all for your answers. I will re-level the bed and see how that goes