HATCHBOX 3D Printer Filament, Dimensional Accuracy +/- 0.03mm, 1.75 mm, 1 kg Spool, Wood

This product is pretty amazing. It's really easy to use - standard settings worked fantastically Dimensional accuracy cited on Hatchbox website is .03 not 0.05. Haven't had it clog yet. Some websites do warn about abrasions on their nozzles - so check up on that - we have a titanium nozzle so we haven't had a problem We had some adhesion problems when printing a very fine design - had to print with rafts - but I suspect this is to do with the design and not the material Post processing makes it look really amazing - I used Nova Dye 18 Antique Oak. It doesn't take it up particularly well, so you have to do multiple coats (it dries pretty quickly though between coats). Also areas that have been sanded or clipped take up the dye very differently, so I opted for not sanding any of the visible surfaces - this keeps the grain intact, and the print was good enough that sanding wasn't really necessary. I then applied gloss polyurethane varnish - 3 coats over 3 days Stringing seen on the octopus below was only because we were testing the extremes of the (very wide) temperature range. You don't get variation of colour according to temperature, as some people have claimed about wood filament.

On recommendation I thought I’d try the Hatchbox filament. Sadly I have nothing good to report about it. Apart from taking a long time to deliver the filament is terrible. I have not yet managed to get a successful print job off it. I have used the same print parameters as other wood effect filaments but no. I have tried different settings all to no avail. I’ve even tried printing it on other PLA bases. Nope. It doesn’t stick well (either to the plate or PLA), it is stringy, brittle, clogs easily. I don’t like leaving one star reviews and I only VERY rarely do so, however, there is simply nothing good I can say about this filament.

Now this is some good filament. I don't know what about this stuff makes it print so smoothly, but this wood PLA has aced every other filament I've tried when it comes to aesthetic print quality. It has its pros and cons. This filament looks so nice. If you compare this to other standard PLAs, this stuff (for me at least) has turned out much nicer looking prints using the same settings. Tops/bottoms come out very smooth, and even the striations on the sides of prints are less noticeable, in my experience. I've seen other people say that this filament sands like wood, but it really doesn't. It DOES sand down, however, but it's not as smooth of a process as normal wood. Which is totally fine because I haven't been able to sand down any other PLAs without it looking like trash. You can get a nice finish with the right sandpaper, but this stuff sands down like you're removing material, but also pushing it around, so sometimes edges will smooth over or become harder to sand. You just have to let it cool down and clean off your sandpaper before giving it another go. Fine grits will give you a harder time. This filament is more brittle. I didn't think it was a whole lot weaker at first, but comparing it to other PLA prints, it's obvious that it doesn't hold up to the strength of standard plastics. But, that being said, it is still a strong material, and it will hold up to some pretty impressive forces when parts are thick, but you have to be careful about impacts or thin pieces. It's not necessarily a whole lot weaker than normal PLA, but definitely more brittle. This PLA has jammed on me in the extruder twice, but after turning the temp up, I haven't had a problem since. In my experience, this PLA doesn't really take a stain that well. I've tried some darker stain pens, but it doesn't soak in like it would with normal wood. HOWEVER, using the darker stain pens, I find that when it leeches its way into cracks and crevices, you get a really nice weathered look that brings a lot more depth to your parts. I haven't tried many stains, but an ebony stain pen has given me great visual results. I recommend sanding your part after print, then running a very rough, low grit sandpaper over the surface a few times to give the stain something to sink into. The results are a very nice, textured look. The stain will darken then entire print a tiny bit, but the scratches put into the piece will stick out the most. You can put something like oil or sealant over the print if you like. Again, it won't soak in that much, but it will soak in enough. All that being said, this, so far, has been my favorite filament for printing pretty things. I can not recommend it enough. I've gone through 3 rolls already, and I plan on buying more.

I was really impressed with how well the filament was loaded on the spool, it gives me peace of mind if I want to print overnight. I have a monoprice select mini and this filament had no troubles running through the nozzle with temps. I had to amp up the nozzle temp to 230 initially to clear out the previous filament and get things going. After that, it printed beautifully without any issues and as a bonus, the room I printing in has a woodshop smell! The finished product has an interesting texture to it that's not fully wood but definitely not fully plastic. It has a different weight to it than a fully plastic PLA would have as well. I'm very impressed with this filament and company and will definitely be purchasing more!

Excelentes resultados en impresora Ender 3 Pro

Imprimí una torre de temperatura y observé que la mejor es 185 ºC, Uso la impresora CR-10 y no utilizo nada diferente salvo la cinta azul para mejorar la adherencia, y pegamento en barra para papel, a 55 ºC y adhiere perfecto, incluso se dificulta la remoción del objeto. No cambié la boquilla de extrusión, que es de 0.4 mm, y no tuve problemas de obstrucción en una impresión grande de 32 hrs, de la cual adjunto la imagen. Luce muy bien como madera, pues tiene un acabado mate, es muy diferente a un PLA color café, pues la sensación del objeto con este filamento no es de plástico, sin embargo, es menos resistente que el PLA común, hay que tener cuidado con las piezas impresas, lo recomiendo solo para lo ornamental.

So, first I want to say that this filament gives AMAZING prints. I am beyond happy with the results and quite shocked, honestly, with the quality. I included pics of a shelf that I printed and the layers blended so well you can’t see most of them with the naked eye in almost all of my prints except for in a few of the less visible areas in crevices or on finer details, but the layering that is visible looks more like a natural wood grain which was perfect for the look I was going for on these prints. Most people can’t even tell that they are 3D prints when looking at them or touching them and are shocked to learn that they aren’t real wood shelves. The look, feel and weight of the prints really gives off a carved wood appearance and feel. I didn’t do any sanding or painting to the shelves. I left them as is right off the print bed minus the supports. But here’s the thing with this filament. It is FINICKY!! You have to have a lot of patience and be able to pay close attention to your printer especially with longer/larger prints because it is prone to clogging and scorching. These shelves are large and took 32hours each. my first shelf failed 5 times about halfway through before I got the hang of printing with this filament and after several days of failures and fine tuning I was just about ready to call it quits. No matter which settings I changed or adjustments I made it just kept failing after several hours of printing until I started preemptively clearing the nozzle regularly to prevent clogs or random scorched filaments clumps from occurring. I know this filament does tend to wear down nozzles quicker because of its slightly gritty wood texture so make sure you have extra nozzles on hand if you’re printing large/long prints with this filament. Keep the temperature low to avoid scorching the filament. I printed at 175-185 max on the successful prints. Using Higher temps tended to produce frequent clumps of scorched filament and clogging especially with longer print times. (Full disclosure: I’m a printing novice.. I’ve only had a 3D printer for a few months so it is possible that my difficulty printing with this filament lies with my inexperience and not with the filament itself) Over all I HIGHLY recommend this filament. It turns out some of the best prints I’ve seen or printed to date. It’s absolutely worth the lengthy frustrating process i went through trying to figure out how to get a successful print with this filament.