[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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