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Hi all. I have a da vinci jr which I'm using with an EMUTag to use third party filament. I have a project where I'd love to use some transparent black filament, but the only stuff I can find is PETG rather than PLA. Though I've had a search, I can't see any posts where anyone has tried this filament with the Jr. I know that it would have to be set as high a temp as possible, and not having a heated bed would make it very difficult, but would I be risking any sort of damage if I gave it a try?

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Re: PETG?

If you have the stock heater I would say that you will have an issue holding the temperature need to keep the PTEG flowing correctly. I have replace my heater with a 45W one. If I remember correctly th stock one is 25W.

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Re: PETG?

It will be difficult to use PETG on bowden setup, you may need to convert to direct drive. Jr. stock setup is not good for flexible filament in many way.

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Re: PETG?

yizhou.he wrote:

It will be difficult to use PETG on bowden setup, you may need to convert to direct drive. Jr. stock setup is not good for flexible filament in many way.

Yizhou, might want to read up on PETG. It is not a flexible filament. It is a filament that has the toughness of Poly carbonate but prints like PLA for the most part. it is more sensitive to the first layer height and if too low or too high can cause strings. But it is not a flexible.

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Re: PETG?

razor_keen wrote:

Yes the filament is not soft at all and will pass through Bowden setup just fine. It acts like pla only it's twice as sticky. Pay close attention to the first few layers, stringing is greater than pla but the specs say it is supposed to be stronger. It melts at a higher temp, so it won't melt in your car( hot southern places) but is stiffer. I personally don't use it but I have a friend that swears by the stuff.


I use it exclusively on my FDM printer. As long as the first layer is right and the temp is right PETG is great for nearly everything.

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Re: PETG?

carl_m1968 wrote:
yizhou.he wrote:

It will be difficult to use PETG on bowden setup, you may need to convert to direct drive. Jr. stock setup is not good for flexible filament in many way.

Yizhou, might want to read up on PETG. It is not a flexible filament. It is a filament that has the toughness of Poly carbonate but prints like PLA for the most part. it is more sensitive to the first layer height and if too low or too high can cause strings. But it is not a flexible.

You are right, PETG is not flexible. I got wrong impression because when I search for flexible filament, PETG always show up with TPU, don't know why. Have not tried anything other than PLA and ABS mostly for price reason.

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