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			<title><![CDATA[Re: PolyMakr Polymax PLA (PLA+special sauce..)]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for the great review Adrian. Your findings mirror mine on a Creator Pro with no fan.</p><p>For the Aussies looking for some of this, sorry it is now out of stock, thanks to a customer who contacted me yesterday and said he wants every roll I have! <img src="https://www.soliforum.com/img/smilies/yikes.png" width="15" height="15" alt="yikes" /> More coming in a few weeks.</p><p>On the made in China thing. I think over the last year or so some of the Chinese manufacturers haver really improved their quality, and while not perfect I am seeing far fewer issues than I used to. I have also had some issues with the Dutch made ColorFabb PLA, which is considered of high quality, and is certainly priced that way too. <br />The PolyMakr filaments though do appear to be a step above most, and their packaging and attention to detail is the best I&#039;ve seen from anyone. Now we just need some more colours!</p>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2014 21:21:56 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Re: PolyMakr Polymax PLA (PLA+special sauce..)]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>IanJohnson - will do a proper test for you tomorrow; but the double-loops that ended up as yoda&#039;s beard came off with my xacto pretty easily but they were hardly a test. I&#039;ll print an open rectangle with some complicated bridging to test properly..</p><p>Azerate - yes I&#039;m quite impressed with its performance for an otherwise PLA product. I printed purely a few calibration cubes to dial in the flow rates and then Yoda; so it is fairly no fuss to get great results. </p><p>wardjr - heh; I believe it goes something like that <img src="https://www.soliforum.com/img/smilies/wink.png" width="15" height="15" alt="wink" /></p><p>I really did like the addition of a fairly full featured datasheet with the product. Combined with the factory supplied resealable vac bag and filament clip its extremely well presented. I mentioned its unashamedly Chinese because it puts the factory name and details right there on the datasheet. </p><p>The wife has taken all my lenses on a photo trip; so I&#039;ll grab some better pictures of some other models another time.</p>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2014 16:49:22 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>That is remarkable quality for not having a fan!</p><p>Chinese, Iraqi, American....if it&#039;s good, it&#039;s good. <img src="https://www.soliforum.com/img/smilies/smile.png" width="15" height="15" alt="smile" /></p>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2014 16:38:01 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>How does it cut?&nbsp; A lot times my prints need a little trimming with an exacto, maybe some spiderwebs scraped out.&nbsp; ABS cuts nicely, but PLA is hard and brittle and more difficult to carve.</p>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2014 16:34:49 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>I find myself wondering just how many of those damn Yoda heads have been printed?&nbsp; I also use the &quot;obligatory Yoda&quot; to test new filaments <img src="https://www.soliforum.com/img/smilies/smile.png" width="15" height="15" alt="smile" /><br />Nice work and thanks for the update, even if the product comes form China <img src="https://www.soliforum.com/img/smilies/wink.png" width="15" height="15" alt="wink" /><br />How did you say that went?&nbsp; USA... something... something <img src="https://www.soliforum.com/img/smilies/big_smile.png" width="15" height="15" alt="big_smile" /></p>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2014 16:34:41 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[PolyMakr Polymax PLA (PLA+special sauce..)]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>I grabbed some of the PolyMakr PolyMax PLA from <a href="https://www.3dprintergear.com.au/polymakr/309-polymakr-polymax-white-pla-filament-075kg-15lbs.html">https://www.3dprintergear.com.au/polyma … 15lbs.html</a> to give it a try.</p><p>Its PLA with additives to give it some improved mechanical properties; notably improved strength over that of even ABS and a graceful failure-mode of bending rather than fracturing like standard PLA. </p><p>The rolls are shipped in a nice re-sealable ziploc vacuum bag and include a &#039;heart shaped&#039; filament clip to help with storage. A datasheet also accompanies the roll. </p><p>Tolerance wise it seems right on spec - it claims a +/- 0.05 but the roll I have would appear to be 1.75 +/- 0.01 over the 10m I measured. </p><p>The filament otherwise looks and behaves mostly like PLA - it supports a print temp between 180-200 if using a 60-70°C heated bed; or 200-230 if using a cold bed and smells like PLA. Speaking of the bed; I just used my usual PEI sheet and it stuck like a charm. </p><p>One thing that didn&#039;t behave like normal PLA was that it did overhangs amazingly well - in the print below you&#039;ll see there is no fan involved yet it did the obligatory Yoda no problems. </p><p>The prints it produces feel stronger than ABS, and it does indeed fail more like ABS than traditional PLA. </p><p>Heres some pics of it printing Yoda; 0.2mm; 0.4mm Nozzle; 65°C PEI Bed; 195°C Hexagon hotend; about ~90mm/s:</p><p>Here you can see the quality of the overhangs; even without a fan:<br /><span class="postimg"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-IB_wqN7qzGY/U-omYbNYVwI/AAAAAAAAL7s/cLppE3ad7uA/w1429-h804-no/20140813_003513.jpg" alt="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-IB_wqN7qzGY/U-omYbNYVwI/AAAAAAAAL7s/cLppE3ad7uA/w1429-h804-no/20140813_003513.jpg" /></span></p><p>Almost done:<br /><span class="postimg"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-JpR9BQLTwmc/U-oxJBhSYsI/AAAAAAAAL8Q/Cj4xzsbVRno/w1429-h804-no/20140813_012144.jpg" alt="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-JpR9BQLTwmc/U-oxJBhSYsI/AAAAAAAAL8Q/Cj4xzsbVRno/w1429-h804-no/20140813_012144.jpg" /></span></p><p>Done:<br /><span class="postimg"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-WMcuPyDgvsA/U-ox3XbvodI/AAAAAAAAL8c/qVKyjTJL4_Q/w1429-h804-no/20140813_012454.jpg" alt="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-WMcuPyDgvsA/U-ox3XbvodI/AAAAAAAAL8c/qVKyjTJL4_Q/w1429-h804-no/20140813_012454.jpg" /></span></p><p>So far I&#039;m quite pleased with it and quite impressed with the quality - especially for being PLA and printing without a fan. Its unashamedly Chinese though so it might turn some others off but I have no issues with its quality.</p>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2014 15:40:16 +0000</pubDate>
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