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	<updated>2013-08-03T03:15:22Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Rubber filament]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>Preface: I have never used this material or any rubber in a printer.</p><p>An important thing to remember is that if a substance was not formulated for 3D printing, all bets are off. It might work. It might clog your hotend. It might off-gas something toxic and kill you. This has been mentioned before when people were printing with weed-wacker line (because it is cheap and mostly nylon), but it turned out to contain fiberglass. So there are a lot of risks.</p><p>Related to that caveat: I would never melt (or even excessively heat) a synthetic polymer that I didn&#039;t know a LOT about. This EPDM rubber is not a natural rubber, and it could break down into a dozen different things to give you cancer or kill you outright. But I think this is a moot point because it looks like this EPDM rubber is a thermoset and wouldn&#039;t work anyway.</p><p>If you decide to buy some anyway, I recommend taking a small amount of it and gradually heating it up on a hotplate or a stovetop and seeing if it smokes or smells ungodly before melting or smoldering. And if you decide to try printing with it anyway, buy an extra extruder.</p><p>The moral of the story is: Please don&#039;t kill yourself to save a few bucks. If it doesn&#039;t work, you&#039;ll probably end up spending the extra money anyway.</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[Charles_Xavier]]></name>
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			<updated>2013-08-03T03:15:22Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Rubber filament]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>I saw this today: thingiverse-thing:93148<br />And I thought that it was fairly expensive since you get about a tenth of the <br />amount for the same price (compared to a 1kg roll) and the smallest size is 2mm <br />which might work for a 1.75mm hot end. <br />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; So I started to look for other materials that come in coils or cords, and I found <br />this EPDM rubber 1/16in 100ft for $19 at mcmastercar product #9616K11 <br />(there is other rubbers too but EPDM is resistant to steam and water). Haven&#039;t tried this <br />but I&#039;m curious if any of you know any thing about the melting point of rubber <br />(it says the temperature range is -40 to +212f), if it would clog the hot end, and <br />what material to print on/ it would adhere to.</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[Jonny]]></name>
				<uri>https://www.soliforum.com/user/1165/</uri>
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			<updated>2013-08-02T19:43:18Z</updated>
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