Flexible PLA - Anybody tried this? (Page 1 of 2)

I want some.  There are many applications where I could use that.

I wish someone in the US would get this. The shipping price is insane!
$46 for 100m + $49 shipping = Almost $100 for 100 meters.

Could be a chicken and egg problem. For me, I wont buy it because the shipping is as much as the plastic itself. If the shipping was at all reasonable, I bet a lot of US 3d'ers would want some.

same here. Did anyone try the 1.75 wood filament yet (if it is in stock)?

This place called makergeeks.com have it now, and free shipping in the USA

**It won't let me add a link. I am still waiting on my Solidoodle 2 and have not made enough posts

Here is a place to get SoftPLA in 1.75mm and 3mm (Store in the USA)

http://www.makergeeks.com/flsofi.html

SoftPLA AKA FormFutra Flex EcoPLA

0.5 Kg rolls; Black or Natural. 3.00mm or 1.75mm. $45.95 and free shipping in the USA. (If you happen to be in Europe you maybe better off ordering straight from FormFutra as they are in Europe). Given the other prices I have seen for similiar SoftPLA it is a good deal (especially for me in the USA)

They say 2-3 weeks shipping time right now because they just ordered a pallet from the maker of the filament AKA FormFutra and it will be sent to them in about 2 weeks. I have been talking to the makergeeks.com site person, Joshua and was looking for SoftPLA and especially in 1.75mm and he is getting this stuff in. I ordered some other things from makergeeks.com and they came just fine and all. Still waiting on my Solidoodle 2, so can't test anything yet.

Perhaps. We've never tried anything like that.

I just ordered some, I'll post when I've tried it!

Iam got a kilo of flexible eco PLA from formfutura and some laywoo as well waiting for my printers as soon i can will post my experience with it.

I was going to print some O-Rings and Gaskets with it possibly...

I just received some of the black Flex Eco from Makergeeks this weekend...

After countless misfeeds/coiling up of the filament above the extruder and six failed prints, I finally got it dialed in.  The stuff is not very rigid and will not feed well into the heater core unless the temp is just right, otherwise, it will corkscrew:

- Adjust all print speeds to no more than 10mm/s
- Extruder temp setting in RH and Slic3r at 185c
- Print on glass with no hairspray
- 6mm brim
- Bed Temp at 45-50c
- Filament feed into the extruder directly from above; it will bind if trying to feed through any guides

Printed awesome after getting these dialed in.  The parts are virtually indestructible!  Can't show any pics as the item I'm working on is in development and not yet Patent Pending.

Yes...185c on the setting - I think maybe around 210-215 on the hot end.  I'm using the stock SD2 hot end.  Bump up your e3d by 5 deg or so...

The next most important issue is the print speed.  I was running 10mm/sec on the first layer which printed just fine, and then forgot to adjust the speed to 10 on the subsequent layers.  They were set to 30mm/sec and it started to buckle immediately.  Make it 10mm across the board (except for travel=130mm/sec) and it should work fine.