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HZST3D Gunmetal PLA 1.75mm Filament Testing - Part 1
This two-part video shows the testing of HZST3D Gunmetal PLA 1.75mm Filament. It's hard to find true gunmetal colored PLA so I picked this one to see if it will for a product I'm working on.
Part 1 shows unboxing, and using a Temperature Tower to evaluate the best extrusion temperature to use.
Part 2 covers Bed and Layer Adhesion testing and having to go to an even lower extruder temperature. It finishes off with a print of #3DPhil to compare it to other ones we've printed.
Link to the product I'm using this for on my Etsy Store:
https://betacygnidesigns.etsy.com/listing/1157516314/star-wars-the-book-of-boba-fett-new
Link to HZST3D Gunmetal PLA Filament 1.75mm on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07Q347FV3/
Link to Temperature Tower Thingiverse Project:
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4356906
Link to Bed Adhesion and Layer Cracking Test
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4536632
Link to 3DPhil:
https://www.matterhackers.com/store/l/matterhackers-mascot-phil-a-ment/sk/M6DV4FS2
These are the spatulas I used to help remove the pieces from the print bed:
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B075SLTY8B/
These are the tweezers I used to help remove dripping filament from the print head:
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B0845SKD7Z/
This is the wire brass brush I use to clean the nozzle tip:
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B01J2BS92S/
Flashforge Guider II on the Flashforge Website:
https://www.flashforge.com/product-detail/flashforge-guider-2-3d-printer
OpenSCAD website:
https://www.openscad.org/
I used Simplify3D slicer software for the test:
https://www.simplify3d.com/
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Link to my Etsy Store:
https://betacygnidesigns.etsy.com/
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Music:
"Blippy Trance" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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End Screen Video Acknowledgement: Cosmic Reef Video produced by NASA and the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI).
https://hubblesite.org/contents/media/videos/2020/16/1277-Video
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