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Modeled and printed in copper filled filament one of my favorite buildings in Chicago. The Union Power House.
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rauls5 lemmy.zip rauls5@lemmy.zip
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prenatal_confusion feddit.org prenatal_confusion@feddit.org
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I assume you are using a hardened steel nozzle. But still, I am wondering if the repeated friction between copper and steel would damage the steel also. A lot slower than a regular nozzle, but it's like a thousand needle pricks as I understand it. How is your nozzle holding up?

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greybeard feddit.online greybeard@feddit.online
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I assume you are using a hardened steel nozzle. But still, I am wondering if the repeated friction between copper and steel would damage the steel also. A lot slower than a regular nozzle, but it's like a thousand needle pricks as I understand it. How is your nozzle holding up?

They may have a diamond tipped nozzle. I've been considering getting one for my printer. It would potentially mean I never have to worry about wear for the life of the printer.

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viral.vegabond piefed.social viral.vegabond@piefed.social
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Incredible. I didn't even know copper filled filament was a thing 🤔

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Buelldozer lemmy.today Buelldozer@lemmy.today
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#5 · Quote Reply

Incredible. I didn't even know copper filled filament was a thing 🤔

Me neither!

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rauls5 lemmy.zip rauls5@lemmy.zip
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I assume you are using a hardened steel nozzle. But still, I am wondering if the repeated friction between copper and steel would damage the steel also. A lot slower than a regular nozzle, but it's like a thousand needle pricks as I understand it. How is your nozzle holding up?

Pretty well. It’s the Bambu hardened steel nozzle so it should be able to stand it.

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Applesauce lemmy.world Appleseuss@lemmy.world
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Link to filament?

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rauls5 lemmy.zip rauls5@lemmy.zip
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Link to filament?

https://proto-pasta.com/products/copper-metal-composite-htpla

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rauls5 lemmy.zip rauls5@lemmy.zip
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#9 · Quote Reply

Link to filament?

Iron is pretty cool as well

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cookiecoookie lemmy.world cookiecoookie@lemmy.world
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#10 · Quote Reply

The price is steep but it looks neat

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Hadriscus jlai.lu Hadriscus@jlai.lu
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#11 · Quote Reply

looks fantastic

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Blue_Morpho lemmy.world Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world
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#12 · Quote Reply

It's so smooth. Did you sand it!

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rauls5 lemmy.zip rauls5@lemmy.zip
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It's so smooth. Did you sand it!

Yes. Quite a bit. You need to expose the copper fill.

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rauls5 lemmy.zip rauls5@lemmy.zip
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#14 · Quote Reply

looks fantastic

Thanks!

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