Topic: Octave filament
We were using the stock filament that came with our Workbench to print, but we noticed we kept having issues with bed adhesion on larger prints, and even some smaller ones. We needed some new filament in our school colors, and upon the recommendation of several people from the forum, we purchased two rolls of Octave brand ABS, one in grey, the other in blue.
Well let me tell you, we will definitely be sticking with the Octave brand, pun intended.
We had torn apart the box the Workbench came in and used the panels to enclose the sides and top. It would get warm enough so that you would hope that there wouldn't be any adhesion problems, but time and time again, I'd peek in the box to check and there was almost always curl on one side. However, after switching to Octave filament, and I know some of you aren't going to like this, but I've been able to stop enclosing the printer, and print 'out of box.' Which excites the kids at the school I work, they love watching it print!
Anyway just wanted to throw my 2 cents in, I personally use Hatchbox filament from eBay at home on my Prusa i3, but at school the Octave works so well that I don't want to try anything else.
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