From d426182082c010d8511de022f88d24f5e22c568a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: zleyyij Date: Tue, 6 May 2025 12:11:40 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] vault backup: 2025-05-06 12:11:39 --- notes/3D printing/Filament.md | 11 ++++++++++- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/notes/3D printing/Filament.md b/notes/3D printing/Filament.md index 5377ce8..81bd5ce 100644 --- a/notes/3D printing/Filament.md +++ b/notes/3D printing/Filament.md @@ -23,4 +23,13 @@ The addition of metal particulate reduces the strength of the print and makes it ### Wood-filled PLA Wood-filled PLA is comprised of sawdust, and PLA. Cheap wood-filled PLA looks brown and has no particular wood-like qualities, but higher quality WF-PLA has visible chips of wood. This impacts the print by giving it a wood-like texture and allowing you to use varnish on the print. -WF-PLA is difficult to print with, it easily absorbs humidity and sputters from the nozzle. The resulting product is also weaker. \ No newline at end of file +WF-PLA is difficult to print with, it easily absorbs humidity and sputters from the nozzle. The resulting product is also weaker. + +### PLA Alloys +This category of PLA is created by combining PLA with another plastic additive to change the properties of the resulting filament in some way. + +There are 3 primary categories of PLA alloys: +1. "Tough" PLA +Tough PLA is created by combining PLA with polybutylene terephthalate, or PBT. PBT is commonly used in keycaps for keyboards. + +Tough PLA prints and acts similarly to PLA, but it has higher temp \ No newline at end of file