[Noisebridge-discuss] what is the white plastic filament next to the Makerbot?

Andy Isaacson adi at hexapodia.org
Fri Jun 11 05:28:35 UTC 2010


On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 10:19:44PM -0700, Gian Pablo Villamil wrote:
> I put together my Makerbot, and did a few test prints with the colored
> ABS filament. Worked fine. However, the white plastic filament acts
> very strange - it melts clear, with no smell, and completely collapses
> in the extruder because it is so soft. I heard rumors that it is
> actually Shapelock.
> 
> Is this true?

Sounds like polycaprolactone (aka shapelock).  Does it melt at around
140F (test with some boiling water)?  If so, then yes.

-andy



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