New Filament!
Max Glenister
I bought some new filament! The 1kg of black that came with the printer has lasted me about 3 months, and so it was time to buy some more.
I didn’t look exhaustively for filament, I just looked on Amazon at some reviews and found a colour I liked at a price that I liked, and got it delivered the next day with Amazon Prime.
I’ve gone for: Prima Filaments PV-PLA-175-1000-NA
I’ve not got much evidence (other than anecdotal) but this seems like a huge improvement over the black filament that came with the printer.
I printed a Cherry MX keycap for the first print with this new filament, and ended up with a nice transition from black to clear as the last of the black filament was flushed out of the hotend.
I also designed and printed some super grippy handles for a rocking horses (long story), and they turned out great.
You’ll obviously be seeing more of this filament over the next couple of months.
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