Great article- what material?

gregh · 2017-05-19T13:10:25.000Z

I really enjoyed this article/ tutorial @JackDavies1 -lot’s of great illustrations.

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Please tell me though, what is the material in the pictures of the Final Print?

Cheers,

Greg

cobnut · 2017-05-19T15:14:49.000Z

Cool, a Friday afternoon guessing game! From the detail level and the appearance, I’m going to say that’s probably an SLS print, though I couldn’t tell you what the actual material used was.

gregh · 2017-05-19T15:25:48.000Z

I don’t think it’s sls @cobnut you can see the print lines
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MindFuLL · 2017-05-19T15:33:03.000Z

Definitely FDM. You can see the extrusion lines. Small layers, probably 100 micron, and 400-600 micron nozzle. Hard to guess the material but the only thing I have seen that looks like that, with the specs/flakes appearance, is gun metal gray PLA from printrbot.

cobnut · 2017-05-19T15:37:30.000Z

Darn, yes, they are rather obvious aren’t they, that’s embarrassing, I got distracted by the material

MindFuLL · 2017-05-19T16:08:23.000Z

It definitely has an interesting/distracting appearance. Curious to learn what it is.

cobnut · 2017-05-19T16:14:06.000Z

Thank you @MindFuLL for making me feel less of an idiot

Auxetic · 2017-05-19T19:30:45.000Z

It could be the Onyx material from Markforged? The matte finish looks similar, although its usually not as speckled as it is in the article. Hard to tell because its unclear how much photoeditting was done on that picture.

gregh · 2017-05-20T06:51:47.000Z

Thanks for the responses I looked at the 2 filaments mentioned so far and I don’t think it’s either. Looking more closely at the image I really doubt this was photoshopped -that would be a lot of effort for little gain. Maybe @JackDavies1 will come back with the definitive answer

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JackDavies1 · 2017-05-22T15:38:59.000Z

Hi guys,

Thanks for the feedback, glad you enjoyed the article.

The material I used is actually ‘Vertigo Grey’ Extrafill PLA from here - https://fillamentum.com/collections/pla-extrafill/products/pla-extrafill-vertigo-grey

Pretty nice stuff!

Best,

Jack - 3D Hubs

gregh · 2017-05-22T16:00:39.000Z

Awesome, thanks for the feedback Jack. I am definitely going to get some of that.

Cheers,

Greg