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Re: Taulman Nylon. There and back again?

2015-01-02T17:38:48Z

Spiderwebs on inside. Outside is nice and smooth but the inside is a bit rough. If I ever print a part where the cosmetic appearance of inside perimeters is important then I'll have a problem to solve, but the settings work for this part.

Re: Taulman Nylon. There and back again?

2015-01-02T17:00:49Z

Thanks, but I actually *wanted* the higher temp for this part (fan shroud that comes to within 1mm of the heater block with nothing but Kapton insulator). I am printing a higher temp version of the orange ABS shroud already on the machine so it will hopefully be less prone to softening during ABS printing.

I am printing Taulman 645 with 0.4mm nozzle, 0.15mm layer height, 240C, and 80% my ABS speed settings. Really happy with the results. Some spiderwebs on the inside I had to clean out but otherwise a clean print.

Re: Taulman Nylon. There and back again?

2015-01-02T16:12:44Z

mdrVB6 wrote:

Just to add to this, if you use the Taulman Bridge Nylon, you don't even have to really increase the temp from what you have been using for ABS. Heat bed only needs to go to 60 C, but I've run the same saved G codes that I used for ABS prints, and the 100 C bed won't hurt anything.

+1 but higher nozzle temps will help with flow and speed.

Re: Taulman Nylon. There and back again?

2015-01-02T16:09:50Z

Just to add to this, if you use the Taulman Bridge Nylon, you don't even have to really increase the temp from what you have been using for ABS. Heat bed only needs to go to 60 C, but I've run the same saved G codes that I used for ABS prints, and the 100 C bed won't hurt anything.

Re: Taulman Nylon. There and back again?

2015-01-02T00:45:48Z

Nice work!

Re: Taulman Nylon. There and back again?

2015-01-02T00:11:55Z

Thanks! Just wanted to be sure I didn't have to make a commitment. I was expecting to spend more time tuning, but my first Nylon print came out fine after following the FAQ suggestions.

Re: Taulman Nylon. There and back again?

2015-01-01T15:45:31Z

I switch between the two all the time with no problem using an E3d V5 and a .6 nozzle.

Taulman Nylon. There and back again?

2015-01-01T15:30:14Z

I want to experiment with this, but was wondering how easy it it to go back to ABS in the same nozzle. Given the higher temperature required, will the ABS foul as I try to push it through an extruder previously used for nylon?