High Impact Polystyrene (HIPS) Filament Black - 3.00mm
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MakerGeeks.com has looked high and low for a quality filament source that we could count on to make our MakerGeeks brand of filament... we finally found the best filament we had ever printed with and I know you'll be happy too; each roll is tested to insure a +/- 0.1mm tolerance. Matter of fact, if you aren't happy with the way your new MakerGeeks.com filament prints just send back the unused portion and we'll issue you a FULL refund. Can't beat that now can ya.. oh, and how about FREE shipping! HIPS is a High Impact Polystyrene filament and has an interesting property that makes it particularly well suited as a support material - it is soluble in Limonene (easy to find on Amazon.com). If you have a dual extruder, you can print with ABS and HIPS to create structures impossible to make without support. Then, a soak in Limonene (see above picture, the white portion of that cube in the HIPS and the Black is ABS) dissolves away the HIPS leaving the final part. Very cool and the possibilities are mind boggling. It extrudes around 230ÁC. I found this info from a blog at http://www.3dppvd.org about printing with HIPS as a support material; the above picture is from this blog post as he was dissolving away the white HIPS to leave the Black ABS Cube behind. I made my prints with a Makerbot Replicator 1 with two extruders. My process was simple. Both extruders set to 235C. Heated bed set to 115 (HIPS sticks really well at this temp and I did not have any curling issues). Wait for print to fully cool. HIPS stays very pliable until itÍs cool and will bend when removing from your plate if not fully cooled. Place in a glass jar with enough limonene to cover for 24 hours, agitating as frequently as possible. Time may vary depending on the amount of material used, so monitor status every couple of hours. Remove your print and rinse in fresh water. Your print will maintain a pungent smell of oranges _ but hey, thatÍs not so bad, right? Only $39.95 - Click here to buy now! |
