Best laminate raw materials according to redditors
We found 9 Reddit comments discussing the best laminate raw materials. We ranked the 4 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
We found 9 Reddit comments discussing the best laminate raw materials. We ranked the 4 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
As you know, it's as much art as it is science. I was running with a ghetto enclosure and a microswiss hotend at ~400 degrees, I think. Phenolic paper is the ideal bed material https://www.amazon.com/Phenolic-Paper-Grade-Natural-Length/dp/B008OYKVCQ The sheet doesn't need to be changed between prints, just cleaned.
Made 5 that way before I when whole hog and bought a GG2.
The sheet seemed to have a fiber weave when I cut it. The length of the fibers and percentage of fibrous materials could certainly be different. I got it from Amazon. When I googled the name of the product I got data sheets that described it as paper based, so perhaps the internal structure is simply paper fibers instead of fiberglass?
Would you suggest the garolite from McMaster-Carr such as this?
You are right, why am I even messing around. http://www.amazon.com/Phenolic-Opaque-Off-White-Thickness-Length/dp/B0013HQ73S/ref=pd_sim_indust_3
Done.
I feel this on a spiritual level. Try to track down a sheet of G-10 phenolic sheet from a reputable seller and make sure it's flat. I got this stuff https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B0013HQ73S/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 . Mine's only warped by about 0.003" but even that's a bit on the edge. 65C bed temp and let a very light layer of elmers bake into it for a bit. I run a 25mm/s first layer in a semi-enclosed space with this setup and don't need a brim. Some people claim to print nylon with no heat or adhesive on garolite but YMMV.
To add to this, you can buy a thin sheet of garolite on Amazon. I got some for printing 618 with my Replicator 2X, although I haven't had a chance to try it yet.