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Re: [ABS] LG Chem HF380

null@example.com (Gaou) — Fri, 20 Jan 2017 10:20:08 +0000

Guys i am totally satisfied with this plastic and i am going to buy my second bag. Here in Greece it is available.

Re: [ABS] LG Chem HF380

null@example.com (miglo) — Thu, 23 Jun 2016 11:32:23 +0000

JFAM: I have not been able to find this stuff again. It was on ebay when I bought it last.

Re: [ABS] LG Chem HF380

null@example.com (JFAM) — Wed, 22 Jun 2016 22:45:56 +0000

Hi guys!!
I tried to find the LG chem HF380 but I have not been successful.

Miglo!! Did you find it?
Someone knows Who sells it?

I made this information box. To me they are very similar (SABIC MG94 vs LG HF380).

Re: [ABS] LG Chem HF380

null@example.com (miglo) — Tue, 03 May 2016 21:19:31 +0000

I decided to try the acetone smoothing for the first time.

Pictures doesn't do this justice. One of the side effects of the more uneven heterogeneous coloring of the filament is that you get some crazy impressive appearance when its smoothed. It looks like exotic marble.

Re: [ABS] LG Chem HF380

null@example.com (elmoret) — Mon, 02 May 2016 21:25:20 +0000

That looks great!

Re: [ABS] LG Chem HF380

null@example.com (miglo) — Mon, 02 May 2016 21:21:05 +0000

Printed on a Mendel max 2 with a .25mm layer thickness on a .6mm nozzle. Speed was 60mm/s.

Not my most detailed printer (as compared to the Rostock), but it's a lot faster.

Re: [ABS] LG Chem HF380

null@example.com (elmoret) — Mon, 02 May 2016 12:01:23 +0000

Very nice!

Be sure to read the MSDS on Delein, if memory serves it can create some fumes.

[ABS] LG Chem HF380

null@example.com (miglo) — Mon, 02 May 2016 05:04:34 +0000

Resin: ABS LG Chem HF380
Equipment used: Filastruder #1700s melt filter, full barrrel insulation, vertical mount with Filawinder.

Filament printed on a heavily modifed Rostock Max v2 and a Mendel Max 2.

DETAILS:
Tip Diameter: 1.6 mm
Extruded temperature: 203°C (my temps have always ran high)
Filament diameter and tolerance: 1.75mm +/- .04
Extruded speed is 9 in/min.
Pre-extrusion processing: No pre-drying, been sitting in my garage doing nothing for over a year
Extruded filament is smooth and shiny.

Printing: Printed from layers .2-.6 on PEI heated print beds. Printed speeds vary from 60-160mm/s. Beds are heated to 105-125 degrees, depending on how much I want it to stick. Printed temperature is from 230-260. 260 insures ROCK SOLID interlayer bindings. Hot 110+ hotbed insures almost zero lift. Sometimes its too stuck.

COMMENTS:
This stuff was bought as a 20# bag over a year ago for around $3/#. I was looking for the cheapest ABS I can find at the time, and remember reading somewhere that this was good. No need to dry out apparently. The filament looked great!

This stuff mixes with with various colorants that people around here use. Virgin material is not quite as pure white as MG94, almost a slightly more dull.

Honestly, I love this stuff. I haven't been able to find anymore lately. Maybe it's my imagination, but I think warping is much less than MG94. Either that or I'm just more experience with printing with ABS, as that's pretty much what I print almost exclusively.

Below is my setup and prints.

Next step is Nylon 6/6 and Delrin 500p I have on order.