Precision 3D Printer Filament now available Made in the USA (Page 1 of 2)

Fishy?? I do a Google search and the only hit is on craigs list.
a company in business for 12 years and no web page Hmm.
Tin

Yep Tin Falcon we are a legit company. Hopefully you give us a chance.

Thank you for the reply Tin. That actually is not our product. We manufacture our product and are just now rolling it out. The site is new yes as we just began marketing. We have been producing plastic binder material for over 20 years and made the jump to 3D printing filament. We had our product tested by several printer people in the northwest to include intentional 3D out of Seattle (attached is the review). We started working on it back in March and it took this long to get it perfected.

the last 1kg/2lbs rolls of 1.75 ABS and PLA I bought local here was no more than $20 a roll available in 8 dif colors. and thats at a retail store Micro center

So more than one comercial exruding company in Boise . Interesting.
Tin

98% of available filament today is rebranded chinese, and you guys are crapping all over this company who has a background in processed plastic that exceeds home DIY 3D printing market. With nothing for you to base distrust on.

Nice.

What the US market needs is a company that already has the experience in extrusion and the equipment to step up and flood the market with higher-quality/grade plastic that already is contracted and purchases in bulk (since they already process plastic for other products) in order to sell filament at the same cost as the crap that is shipped over.

How about instead of: "This guy is a fake" or "I already have cheap filament" how about:

"Hey, this sounds interesting. Any chance you would like to donate a sample to one our trusted forum members to perform an unbiased review? Maybe even collaborate experience from some of us end-users?"

What you need to understand is that MG94 is not the only brand that can be used in high quality, and if mmore local companies with their already established connections to the raw material suppliers jump on board it may be possible to push the crap filament out of the current market.

I ordered one.  At $50 shipped with the discount, it is steep.  I'm fine with paying a little extra for higher quality and US manufacture, but it is going to be hard to sell at that price.  Better precision isn't enough, if you want to stay in the premium price range you need to look at something like Faberdashery http://www.faberdashery.co.uk/products-page/.  They command a premium by offering a range of colors that are beautiful and unique.

I also like that you order as low as 5meter of a color. That makes it easy to have more colors on hand without spending alot of $$$$  Do something like that and offer mixed color lots and you should have no problem selling it.

In an effort to help I'd like to mention packaging.  You don't want to make the same mistakes others have (Octave).  A good thick sealed bag with something to absorb moisture is a must.  Avoid using any form of plastic wrap on the spools to contain the filament.
If a user has a problem of any sort with your filament, bust your ass to make it right.
Quick responsive customer support is a must along with quick and affordable shipping.
I am very excited to see a US manufacturer get into the game and I wish you the best of luck.
I will be ordering some up soon and look forward to doing business with you.

What he's referring to about Octave's mistake is that they had to trash $40k worth of filament because the shrink wrap melded with the filament and couldn't be removed without throwing away the first few layers of the spool.  A vacuum bag with some dessicant is generally better.

Offering smaller quantities would be helpful.  Custom lengths might be hard to do economically, but while I might want some Orange or Pink I would probably never go through 1kg of it.  Or if I did, it might take a year during which it would absorb enough mositure to ruin its quality.  If you could find spools to fit smaller amounts that would be great.  Faberdashery and others sell <1kg quantities in loose coils which is more prone to tangling when you print from them.

I said in my post that rude was not my intent either but just being frank about info provided compared to many previous experiences, some with long time USA big name companies that have also gone China on us while still advertizing "proudly made in USA" on there web sites. I have called some of them and talked to the CEOs when I was purchasing agent for a large multi site health centers in St Louis MO. most just told me "our competition did it so we followed suite" instead of keeping their namesake.
that being said if you truly are earnestly trying to retake our USA made world standard back then most of us here will be more than glad to aid you in this. like said above seek out a few heavy users here to do beta testing of samples and they can provide a spread sheet rating comparison listing pertinent stats.

to give a start on market demands I will say most of us would like to see at least 12-16 various colors (not shades of 4 colors nor colors that discontinue each run) that we can reorder with confidence when out, and not have to explain to customers why half their items are dif colors from b4.
try to keep prices of a 1kg/2# roll under $40 retail at least. all this needs to be available in 1.75mm ABS and PLA then others later if enough demand.

also one thing no other filament manufacturer has done is offer more than 2 selections of rolls with 4 different colors on a roll for average users to use without stocking 12-16 rolls of each type plastic (we are hearing talk of shelf life under 2 years b4 plastics degrade or fade, I think thats only white from China turning yellow as I stll have 50 year old ABS models not faded etc).
myself I would like to buy 4 rolls with 4 colors each and have a rainbow of 16 true colors to offer my 3Dhub customers at same prices.

then the new clear color PLA makerbot sells for over $65 a roll is another market you could win. we use these for items like Vases, cups, lenses (Red, Green, Amber, Blue, even Yellow, Purple and clear).

just stay with us and we will guide you to what we buy.

Gods speed, Mitch

I have been a filastuder for almost a year and for me the MG94, Toyolac, whatever are just fine. Some extrude a bit faster than others but if the properties are close on the data sheets the materials are fine for what I do. I like to extrude natural ABS and stain it afterwards to the color I want. I mostly use magic markers (31 colors available) and am please with the results.