Just have to say I really like the conversational videos you guys are doing. Packed with candid commentary and information from experience. This is highly valuable to anyone that has some experience already but not the opportunity to really work with all these materials just yet. It also compliments the more sales focused content and brings a level of credibility that's much appreciated. Thanks Rob and Cole, please keep it up! Also, more on 22 Idex please! I'll buy one for my business one day!
Absolutely loving this material, keep it coming! I'd love to hear more about the problem solving process that ends with finding the right material, like what constraints are your customers coming in with that might lead you to pick Black Aluminum. Intensely fascinating stuff, I'm getting real hype for the IDEX!
Can you guys do a commentary on creep and how nylon's properties change with exposure to humidity? Everybody seems to love CF nylon but my only experiences with it are that it gets very soft and loves to creep under load a few days after its printed. I don't get the appeal.
I just started printing CF Nylon (PolyMaker PA612-CF) and it seems to be very flexible and snaps very easy. PLA seems to be much stronger! ABS Im running seems stronger. I starting to think all the CF nylon stuff is all just a crock... but the CF nylon I'm printing is most likely not the "real deal"
Thank you guys for another great video. I know this is just another part of your amazing job, I'm pretty jealous of btw, but I Really do enjoy watching you two bounce of each other. As always amazingly informative in such a short period of time. Easily one of the top and most under rated 3d printer channels on RU-vid!
Post printing specs for best results! Nozzle size, speed, support type etc…my prints always stop/clog; Ive tried 3dXtech pa6 and I believe polymaker. I’ll try other brands if needed.
@@VisionMiner you guys have some beautiful machines over there, I could only splurge on $4K F430 from creatbot. I can get 10 hours into a PA6 print before it stops printing, I’ve gotten really good small prints also but not sure why it just gives up halfway through.
Worth making the distinction between brands like 3DXTech and Essentium with this filament, as their end use performance of their HTN-CF products differ a bit.
I purchased some pa cf 25... when I bought it I thought all cf nylon was cf nylon.. this channel made me realize I did not know anything about cf nylon. So thank you for enlightening me. Question: wtf did I buy??? It says epa cf nylon and its 25% cf. Did I buy powder?? I cant find anything in the description that matches up with the different cf nylons you have mentioned in your videos, it prints at 260-280, so its not htn right? should I be using a .4 mm nozzle with this? What about a .7 mm nozzle. So many questions!!!
Maybe you guys could clear something up: in one of your recent videos, you talk about how the CF in some filaments is basically powder and therefore not really in the right geometry to add much strength - not nearly as much as woven fiber cloth that is then filled with resin. So, is this "black aluminum" stronger than the base nylon?
I strongly disagree, maybe ABS works for your applications, certainly not ours. There is a huge difference between the strength and rigidity of ABS and aluminum. We also use the hell out of Essentium HTN-CF25, it is far easier to print than ABS, far stronger and far, far more rigid. There is no warping, no enclosed chambers are required, the dimensions are dead on every time. Any of our printers handles it just fine, even down to our Prusa farm. The majority of what we used our machine shop for is now done with this filament. I can do in a few hours what they've been doing for us and I can do it for a fraction of the cost.
More research is recommended on your side :) However, for hobbyist users, yeah, ABS is great! PCTG is better though, but ABS properties are definitely good bang for the buck on basic machines for many different applications. However, high-temp materials are almost exclusively used for industrial applications, mostly unknown to the masses, but are a requirement for the applications.
