Looking for advice for printing Nylon. Best nozzle?
Anything....
Printing nylon?
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Re: Printing nylon?
Printing it is easy, set your temp to 240 and print away.
You may want to dry the filament first.
It sticks IME to quite a lot of things, but it will warp, Garolite is the recommended print surface at room temperature, but untreated poplar will work as do some glue sticks on glass, and hairspray on glass.
However the warping forces are so great that if you print too many solid layers, or use too dense an infill it will warp, and either tear the part apart or just bend the suface it's stuck to.
Using Micky Mouse ears on outside corners helps, but I found it virtually impossible to get a flat part even those that stayed stuck to the bed throughout the print, tended to bend upwards when removed from the bed.
You may want to dry the filament first.
It sticks IME to quite a lot of things, but it will warp, Garolite is the recommended print surface at room temperature, but untreated poplar will work as do some glue sticks on glass, and hairspray on glass.
However the warping forces are so great that if you print too many solid layers, or use too dense an infill it will warp, and either tear the part apart or just bend the suface it's stuck to.
Using Micky Mouse ears on outside corners helps, but I found it virtually impossible to get a flat part even those that stayed stuck to the bed throughout the print, tended to bend upwards when removed from the bed.
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