I think Qwikfab is keeping the ABS for in-house use. I remember them having 3kg spools of ABS in their office. They are also providing 3D printing as well but I think they open the service for commercial prints.

hmm was looking on buying ABS from them. Any other recommended vendor for ABS locally or near local?

Btw, anyone has any experience on printing PLA directly on heated aluminium? I was planning on using a heatbed under an alu plate so I can use a hall effect sensor for auto bed levelling. I know I can place a glass directly above it but was just curious on the performance of PLA printing on direct alu.

This post has been edited by izzudinhafiz: Dec 31 2014, 02:22 AM

i print on an MK2B heated bed (heated bed pcb + 3mm alu) and white painters tape ACE hardware brand, sticks so well sometimes the tape tears off when prying print off. Only beef i have is that after afew prints and pry's, the painters tape crumples abit and the bottom of the print has weird shapes on them.

I also tried printing straight onto bare alu bed, didn't have much luck tho.

This post has been edited by KLKS: Dec 31 2014, 12:32 PM

Have you tried making a dilute solutiom of PVA glue and apply a thin coating on the bare aluminum? The painters tape adhesive is not very heat resistant and dries out when heated. Also the tape adhesive leaves a melted residue on the surface too.

Instead of painters tape, you can use kapton tape instead but it adheres well to the aluminum surface for wide tapes of a few inches.

I've tried the PVA trick but i guess my mixture wasn't thick enough cos prints were still not adhering to the print bed. the ACE brand painters tape is pretty good for me, get 5-6 prints before i replace torn parts, doesn't give me sticky problems unlike the normal masking tape.

I've tried kapton with PLA with not much luck. right now i've switch to ABS to experiment, using kapton + abs juice.

last day today. We could share the shipping. I calculated 2 spool with Fedex cost US $42.23.

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/New-Fluoren...147404.html?s=p



This post has been edited by feiming: Dec 31 2014, 02:52 PM

one thing i learned from buying on aliexpress is there is no such thing as last day . prices go up and down to show that there are "discounts". just gotta wait for when they have those "discounts" which is like every few days. I bought 4 rolls one go with fedex shipping afew weeks ago, price goes down to about RM60 a roll.

This is the guy i bought from the last time, http://www.aliexpress.com/item/purple-colo...1213594189.html

price seems like ~1+ usd diff from the seller you posted.

Yup, but the seller i posted have more variety of filament.

Yeah i just noticed the wood and flexi stuff, good find , let us know the quality of the stuff once you've tried it.

Do you think i should get more and save on the shipping or just get the amount i want?

say exchange rate is 3.5
1 pc = US $24.96 = RM87.36 ea
2 pcs = US $42.87 = RM75 ea
3 pcs = US $60.26 = RM70 ea
4 pcs = US $78.09 = RM68 ea
5 pcs = US $96.13 = RM67 ea
6 pcs = US $114.17 = RM66 ea

pick your sweet spot

Happy New Year guys, may our printers print lift free, clog free, and calibration stays level for 2015!!

Those guys at iMakerZone.com tested our FlashForge Dreamer with some exotic material :

ColorFabb BronzeFill - 80% Bronze + 20% PLA
Taulmann Bridge - Strength similar to Nylon. Slightly flexible
FilaFlex - Similar to NinjaFlex. Rubbery flexible material
PolyMax - High strength PLA. 8 times stronger than normal PLA


BronzeFill is great because you can actually print metal now! It becomes really smooth and shiny with some sanding and polishing.
Suitable for jewellery and model making.

Other material such as the Taulmann Bridge may find suitable applications in medical field.

Thanks to the iMakerZone guys for showing us how to take 3D Printing one step further.








This post has been edited by blomker: Jan 4 2015, 03:54 PM

I found a factory that have metal laser cutting service. The nearest to me will be KK metal,will contact them for details.

http://www.kkmetal.com/contact.asp
http://www.ssmsb.com.my/profile.html

This post has been edited by feiming: Jan 5 2015, 03:07 PM

Happy New Year.

Lift free yes but clog and calibration always...


See if they do knurling/hobbing for the extruder drive gear.

will do when they get back to me.

dude print on bare alu heatbeat with PVA glue mixed with water solution (same as ABS + acetone) I have no problem part coming off during print (PLA), side note, IGUS.my didnt reply my email and didnt even process my order (worth almost RM300 of bushing) so I guess the website is just for show

i'll give that a shot once i switch back to PLA, having a ball of a time now with ABS

I think blomker have same color semi flourecent RED, i think i posted a few pages back price around RM95 per spool

I also need to try to print ABS, my kossel need a new extuder bearing

This post has been edited by DarkTenno: Jan 7 2015, 09:53 AM

I have three used 608 bearings collecting dust. They've only been in used for less than I'd say 50 hours printing time. So gimme a PM if you'd need it in a pinch.