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SoliForum - 3D Printing Community → Hacks & Mods → Nylon filament
Okay, I got my SD printing happily with PLA and ABS plastic, but recently came across 'Nylon 618 1.75 filament' at a local store. It costs twice as much as ABS (about 50$ per 500g), but is a lot better for stuff like gears, etc.
Anyway, the drawback is the temperature. It needs 240-250 degrees extruder temp, so my question here is: Has anybody tried to go up THAT extreme in heating the extruder? What (apart from the acrylic) might get screwed up in such mode?
PEEK would melt. 210 on a Solidoodle is 240 on most repraps. Many people here print with 618.
There's a Nylon thread I started, a few people tried it out. Check it out 
You started a nylon thread?! Wow, my jacket has a bunch of them...
I've printed nylon on my Makerbot, and it's nice stuff (very durable part and very pliable when printed thinly) except that I could not get it to stick through an entire print unless I used cardboard. Most have had good luck printing on a circuit board without heating, but I didn't have anything around I didn't mind destroying.
I guess one could always replace the hotend with a 3rd party's, but most of the one's I've seen have PEEK or PTFE inserts and will melt like Solidoodles.
Thanks, everyone. Looks like the is the next thing I'll try, when I get some nylon filament.
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