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

Gian Pablo Villamil gian.pablo at gmail.com
Fri Jun 11 17:24:35 UTC 2010


Figured it out. It's the softer "milk jug" plastic that they used to
sell. ABS works much better.

On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 10:28 PM, Andy Isaacson <adi at hexapodia.org> wrote:
> 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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