<![CDATA[SoliForum - 3D Printing Community — Transparent ABS]]> 2014-12-06T22:54:34Z PunBB https://www.soliforum.com/topic/3909/transparent-abs/ <![CDATA[Re: Transparent ABS]]> zenworks makes some. i think they are Australian based. I have some and it has worked great.

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/366/ 2014-12-06T22:54:34Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/74192/#p74192 <![CDATA[Re: Transparent ABS]]> You got me there LOL smile

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/296/ 2013-09-14T04:17:29Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/36305/#p36305 <![CDATA[Re: Transparent ABS]]> ronsii wrote:

Actually the Japanese are really great at copying too....

Perhaps, but they know how to make better quality knock offs, and some really odd technologies that border on sexually depraved. lol.

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/783/ 2013-09-14T04:12:05Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/36303/#p36303 <![CDATA[Re: Transparent ABS]]> Actually the Japanese are really great at copying too....

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/296/ 2013-09-14T03:46:44Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/36300/#p36300 <![CDATA[Re: Transparent ABS]]> I have nothing against the Chinese people or Chinese food for that matter. But in a country with loose labor laws and quite a bit of human trafficing I don't expect workers to risk the only work they can get to whistle blow on the quality of the product they are making. The Chinese are all manufacturing these days and the U.S. are all designing. I'd rather trust those that know how to make a product right than those that have the ability to make it cheaply. Now the Japanese are awesome. Still top notch with technology and great architecture.

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/783/ 2013-09-14T03:30:34Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/36299/#p36299 <![CDATA[Re: Transparent ABS]]> adrian wrote:

Ahh ok.. well lets hope you don't drive to the post office to pick up your filament in a '77 Ford Pinto with Firestone Tires... wink


ROFLOL !!!!


Hey.... don't be dissing on HF tools wink some of them are actually made in the USA and I even seen a 'Made in Australia' label on one once smile

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/296/ 2013-09-14T03:21:34Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/36296/#p36296 <![CDATA[Re: Transparent ABS]]> Ahh ok.. well lets hope you don't drive to the post office to pick up your filament in a '77 Ford Pinto with Firestone Tires... wink

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/663/ 2013-09-13T23:54:33Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/36278/#p36278 <![CDATA[Re: Transparent ABS]]> Hunter Green wrote:

He might just be worried about manufacturing quality and consistency.

Exactly. They've made toys for children that have cancer causing chemicals in them and baby cribs that collapse. So something like a raw material that we can't visual determine its quality as well as melting it so that it gives off fumes makes it seem all the more important that it be made in the U.S. or Europe.

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/783/ 2013-09-13T16:56:41Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/36232/#p36232 <![CDATA[Re: Transparent ABS]]> Oh, and where do those "tools" come from that Harbor Freight dumps on us? I give that place about a 3, maybe 4, for quality products. The Chinese can do it when they want to, it seems they just prefer to whip stuff out quick and dirty. And cheap.

Or perhaps, that's what we demand.

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/2447/ 2013-09-13T14:27:09Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/36218/#p36218 <![CDATA[Re: Transparent ABS]]> I think he's thinking of Chinese food, bridges and air quality control. Perhaps he can be forgiven for suspecting Chinese commitment to quality.

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/2447/ 2013-09-13T14:25:07Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/36217/#p36217 <![CDATA[Re: Transparent ABS]]> didn't someone review tglasse and said it's oval shape? :-(

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/651/ 2013-09-13T13:23:56Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/36204/#p36204 <![CDATA[Re: Transparent ABS]]> He might just be worried about manufacturing quality and consistency.

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/1356/ 2013-09-13T12:41:50Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/36200/#p36200 <![CDATA[Re: Transparent ABS]]> Rocketman wrote:

.. am worried that Chinese manufacturers are the only ones that make it. Does anyone know an American source for it?

Why does that worry you ? Can't imagine what the concern would be besides being parochial ...

If you want actually transparent material, I'd suggest you use the t-glasse from Taulman... I have yet to find a transparent ABS that is actually transparent... But I guess since whilst Taulman is a US company, and their Nylon is manufactured within the US, their T-Glasse *doesn't* boldly proclaim 'manufactured in the USA' like their Nylon products, so is probably not a suitable candidate since its most likely made by the worrisome Chinese...

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/663/ 2013-09-13T11:35:05Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/36197/#p36197 <![CDATA[Re: Transparent ABS]]> Willyum1370 wrote:

Wow I didn't even know about transparent filament. I'm definitely interested in a US supplier as well smile

I think it produces more of a frosted look. Not really perfectly clear plus you'd see the lines the printer creates. They also have glow-in-the-dark, filament that changes colors depending on the temperature, and flourescent.

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/783/ 2013-09-13T06:04:00Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/36188/#p36188 <![CDATA[Re: Transparent ABS]]> Wow I didn't even know about transparent filament. I'm definitely interested in a US supplier as well smile

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/3376/ 2013-09-13T05:45:12Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/36186/#p36186