It is very possible, I use it and absolutely love it.
you need to put a heatsink on you extruder barrel to cool it. The temp of the barrel rises to the glass trans. temp of PLA, causing the filament to melt in the barrel then the machine tries to push more material in, which melts and bulges out and jams in the barrel. Some people think the PLA swells but they are very, very wrong, seeing that PLA has a much lower thermal expansion coefficient than ABS and most other materials.
See this post for pics and details
]]>I believe it does wait to cool. At least thru repetier
It dint seem to work thru firmware G. Started printing right away. Too bad PLA isnt available yet.
]]>Are you using M109 and M190 G Code commands for the Extruder and the Bed tempatures? Those tell the printer to wait until the temp is reached before proceeding.
Ive set those in scl3r. Im not sure but i beleive that it does wait to reach that temperature but what happen if the temp is under the target...does the code say its reached?
if you set temp to 30
and currently its at 40.will it wait for it to cool off? or does it say its reached?
]]>Skestes have you printed with that on the da vinci?
No, because honestly ABS is working well for me (gluestick + ABS juice FTW) and ABS is stronger and longer lasting. I am going to try some NinjaFlex but not until I've got my settings dialed in as accurate as I can.
]]>Im interested since XYZ said the printer will be able to print PLA by Q4 of this year. I dont know if there going to use a special PLA that cant withstand the temperatures or if there will be a ADD ON part we have to buy to print in PLA. My advice is just stay with ABS right now and save yourself some heartache.
]]>Slic3r>gcode>xyzware>print(firmware 1.1.G).
With sclic3r I was able to set temp for buildbed and the extruder.
The problem is that the printer start up heats up bed and extruder set by the cartridge. It waits for those two temp to reach before starting. Then with Slic3r command it waits to reach the temperature set by those. But if its lower tempertature It start right away even tho its high it dosnt wait for it to go down.
It cause my first layer to be wavy and then the extruder started to click...and stall.
xyzware> PLA export option during slicing on mac version>print(firmware 1.1.G).
The printer started printing a small object fine after 30 minute it started clicking... I thought that this would of been the winning combination... But alas.
I noted that the bed reached 89c, 201c for the extruder. Worked great for half the build...
Im not to sure what else I can do from here. I guess ABS printing for me!
]]>Be careful with PLA.. I have tried and it clogs the extruder. If it starts to click while extruding, I would unload it and stick to ABS. If you get some successful prints with PLA please post your brand and settings
Thanks for the warning, What settings did you use? So I can avoid those numbers.
]]>I just received a spool of PLA filament. Any suggestion on settings? Heat for bed and extruder? Speed of print?
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