The rubber filament seems pretty useful to me! Print rubber feet on your prints, or just make the bottom few layers rubber and you have non-slip prints!
Why not just buy rubber bumpers/cabinet door bumpers or adhesive rubber sheets? Feel like that would be quicker and easier for most applications; but I'll give you a niche use case for some custom/specific items.
On the Pantone thing: the concept of having a library of standard colors guaranteed to match across all manners of textiles, papers, paints and plastics is EXCEPTIONALLY useful for designing things that need to be color matched (I.e. literally anything mass manufactured). In practice, copywriting freaking colors and charging though all orifices for the “right” to use them is INSANE
Yeah, I think a lot of people misunderstand the purpose of Pantone. Although I mostly put that blame squarely on Adobe because of their dumbass blocking of Pantone colors for literally no reason (like unless you're paying Pantone somewhere else in the chain, just using the colors in Photoshop or Illustrator wouldn't even matter).
@@whatr0 as i understand it adobe doesnt block the colors, it blocks the color picker for pantone colors, which is the digital version of pantone paint chips So just like how in the real world if you somehow know how to get the specific color of pantone green you want without referencing a pantone chip you absolutely can In the digital world you can do the same thing But youve gotta pay for access to the reference chips, be it real or digital Thinking about it that way, its alot less bad tbh, like yeah i can accept that if i want to use a reference system i should probably pay for it To that end as well, pantone colors are only valuable if you need to provide a specific color to a manufacturer of some kind, since all they are are standardised colors, all the same colors exist on the color wheel normally just without the standardised names, which effectively means the only people who "need" to pay for a pantone sub are businesses anyway
@@MibaCallabus Anish Kapoor didn't copyright a color, he took exclusive access to the entire artistic usage of vantablack, which is a _material_ , not just some brand name for a color. That'd be like someone owning the sole right to use an entire type of paint.
this is my favorite video "series" on youtube for a 2 reasons. 1. Super entertaining and interesting information. 2. My S.O. often needs to listen to something to fall asleep to, and these videos do the trick, putting her to sleep within 2 minutes whilst keeping me entertained. We have contributed a ridiculous number of views to this video series because of this use case.
That lightweight PLA material is *absolutely perfect* for making custom foam inserts for storage bins and tool drawers. Usually those are CNC milled out of hard PU foam, but there's no reason you can't print them.
Funny story in reference to your use of string trimmer line as printing filament-- I essentially did the opposite. I ran out of string trimmer line halfway through edging my front lawn and my car was out of commission so I didn't have transpo to the hardware store to get more until after they were closed, but what I DID have was a spool of bright green TPU, so I figured why the hell not? Gave it a shot and it was.. surprisingly adequate. Not fantastic by any means and it was certainly a slower process because it wasn't as "sharp," if you will, as regular trimmer line, but the only other filament I had was PLA and it would have been far too brittle and weak. In summation, TPU more or less came through for me in a weed-whackin pinch. Now let's never speak of this again. Oh, and thanks for another phenomenal video, F-Man.
I think the meat filament PROBABLY printed so well because of the slight bit of fat acting as a lubricant I love that matt fiber htpla, the print was beautiful
that is brilliant. that could have some useful applications. I wonder what other lubricants can be used as filament amendments. perhaps glycerin or something.
@@JaredConnell What you've got there is assonance. ETA: "Alliteration is usually described as the repetition of the same consonants, and assonance as the repetition of the same vowels." source: Department of Linguistics and English Language (LAEL) at Lancaster University
@@realjettlag no, I think this is alliteration. P isn't a vowel. edit: looking back, I realized that jettlag was talking about the first guy's reply. i am dumb, and I misunderstood this. i offer up my sincerest apologies.
Astoundingly, this amusingly articulate RUclipsr adeptly employs alliteration as an artful comedic device, always aiming to amuse and astound audiences.
Considering what all you went through to make this video reality you did a fantastic job. Feel bad about the old lab but I'm glad you're moving into your new place. Those filaments are extremely cursed.
Self Drop in place of Mic Drop was pure genius! Thank you for all of the entertainment. It can not be easy to be so creative all of the time. I admire your script writing and your sense of humor. Keep up the good work. You make us nerds look good!
"Voidstar Lab is now permanently perfumed with burning rubber. The only option is to send in an even stronger funk to beat the shit out of the first one." - Zack, as he summoned the flood to clean out the stench. Did it work? Did Voidstar Lab still stink of burnt rubber after the flood and mold?
Don't know if it's been mentioned before, but Inland filament is rebranded eSun. Another good use for the filament at the end of a spool is to get a 3D printing pen and use it to patch up failed prints. Fill in the blemish, sand, prime, and paint.
@@ross2k220 most are B grade spools of eSun, they do rebrand some other brands as well though like their Tough PC being Polymaker Polymax PC as mentioned by Zack in I think the first or second one of these videos
MICRO CENTER PRO TIP: Any inland filament with a qr code is esun manufactured (pla+), any with the biodegradable leaf is manufactured by polymaker (pla pro, most normal pla, etc)
SR-110 is mainly used as support for nylon-12. I hated using because of the smell. It also takes forever to dissolve in hot lye. ABS used PVA as support. ULTEM has its own as well. The canister is designed just for controlling moisture. The Fortus printer constantly sends dry air into the filament path all the way to the hot end. Just leaving the drive wheel cover open let enough moisture in to destroy the nylon.
When I made my first 3D printer I was very excited and still skeptical that the thing would actually work so I couldn't wait for the filament to arrive and decided to test with trimmer line, without having no idea how hard it is to print. It more or less worked, I was really proud of the machine, you brought a fine memory to me.
I remember getting my first 3d printer in ~2012, and distinctly remember ninjaflex being incredibly notorious. I haven’t printed seriously since then, and still remember that, kinda wish I’d tried it at the time just to be able to appreciate it more. Edit: I also remember hearing arguments between hdpe and pla, the way we’d get stuff to stick was blue painter’s tape. No glue sticks, no kapton tape, no hairspray. Thanks for the nostalgia trip!
I got my first printer in 2017 and I actually love ninjaflex. My Lulzbot mini is REALLY good at printing all kinds of filaments. I think that the reason I started printing ninjaflex is because I started a bit late and I also learned of 3D printing from someone who also likes ninjaflex.
The script for this was incredible, and the filaments were like an alternate universe I never knew existed. I can't imagine any of these are commercially successful, but I'm getting the feeling that's commonly not a consideration for filament makers.
Of all the maker channels on the tube of yous, voidstar labs is my favorite and one I look forward to. Thanks for all you and your wife do for us as a community. Very happy that you were able to get through the bs that happened.
Glass filled polymers can actually be useful in very specific situations. I've had a project where I needed teflon but with less flexibility and deformation at elevated temperatures and glass filled was one of the valid options
I don't own a 3D printer, I probably never will. I do enjoy watching the videos and I've got to say with all the tangents, the rhyming, and the puns this has been one of the most entirely delightful review videos of 3D printing filament I've ever seen, thank you!
CS (as in the riot control agent) is a solid at room temperature and melts at 93C. What could be more cursed than a filament that makes you cry when you print it, or when you handle the part afterwards?
The simulated bone bit: I ordered a few infant tibia replacements for our Intraosseous infant trainer, since they discontinued the original replacement parts. It really is a great thing for the medical field, prehospital and in-hospital. Always wondered what they used, and now I know. Now if I can get some TPU veins for a IV trainer, we can finally get THOSE trainers up and going.... Seriously, 3d printing has revolutionized so many things people don't think about, thanks for showing off some of these super oddball filaments, it makes things unexpectedly much more affordable and even possible!
The section on how to use filiment remants reminded me of something that I've been thinking about a lot recently: There's a lot of situations where extra material is needed for something, despite the fact that it won't make it into the final product. I knit and sew a lot, and have been thinking about in it terms of the extra yarn or thread that is needed to properly sew or cast on your knitting project, because you need something to hang on to or slack for proper needle movement. I wasn't able to find a term for this, but I think you could say the same about the bit of filament left on the spool.
I know in fibercrafts you can use the chopped remnants as stuffing for small objects; I assume the 3D printing equivalent of this is shoving it in the infill.
Glass fiber is usually introduced to plastics for impact resistance rather than any other measure of strength. Things like tool cases, the plastic on power tools, anything a tradesman might use, usually have glass fiber reinforcement to stop them shattering as they get banged around by big solid steel tools.
I binged all of filament series during my overnight modeling session for work What was fitting so much is as I got more and more sleep deprived,, so did filaments got more and more wacky. In the end it was sort of a fever dream, not gonna lie. Funniest benchies I have seen so far! My first printer comes later this week and it was such a blast nose diving into 3D printing fandom. Great humor, great content, thank you!
I love HDPE because it's so easy to mill, so easy to recycle, and so resistant to friggin *everything*. But that also includes sticking to anything, including itself. It's basically the silicone of thermoplastics. And hooboy does it ever warp!
@@elHippieSupremo I find that grocery bags made of PE are usually made of LLDPE, which is positively horrible for 3D printing. Milk jugs are more likely.
I love when the Magic jokes leak into the videos ("more keywords than an EDH deck" got an actual guffaw out of me). I don't even own a 3D printer but I've been a subscriber for the great writing and commitment to the bit. Glad you were able to salvage your living situation, can't wait to see the new labs once they're done!
Oh, Zach, on topic of PTFE, it decomposes visibly above ~230-250C releasing some neurotoxins, it's "melting point" is around 260C which is why terrible printer manufacturers list 260C as max temp. Not something I'd want print with. And I have to print with it
The UV Purple PLA actually could be useful for certain situations; i.e. pla is for some reason the only material usable, but you also don't want it to degrade, so you could say "don't let it turn purple"; kind of ridiculous now that I'm typing it out lol
The Poro-Lay filaments work pretty well if you reheat them after printing. A bit more aggressive than annealing, a bit less aggressive than outright remelting. You're going to want to pack your parts in a ballast material to have them hold their shape. In my experience, Poro-Lay parts may fall apart if you soak them fresh after printing, but they're not too bad if you do some heat treatment before the PVA washout step. They're useless for any structural application, but they are pretty nice if you want to experiment with shock absorption or acoustic damping, or if you need a very compliant material.
the cf tpu might be useful for applications where you want a stiffer flexible part. one example may be rc planes for the landing gear struts, or at least the springs for the struts
I do a lot of 3D printing for combat robotics, and TPU has been growing in popularity in the past few years. It's an alternative armor to titanium plating that eats up the energy stored in spinning weapons and slowly shreds rather than catastrophically shattering. I wonder how the CF-TPU would perform in that application.
My third and final wish for the Every Filament series is that... Zach is Freed(man) from the every filament series. One eternity of suffering for my entertainment is enough.
13:49 just laughed for a full 2 minutes at the pre-recorded reaction to what should have been a mundane cut scene only that the cut scene was dire and real time Zack couldn't know that.
In 2019, Makerbox enclosed a sample of Pneumatique, and I printed pliable eyepieces for my $15 thrift store Japanese microscope. Thank you for providing the opportunity to don both eyepieces simultaneously as stereomonocles and view your review of the stinkiest filament I've ever extruded through rings of said stink. They smell fine now, 4 years later.
iirc the thing with pantone is that they're not really claiming to "own the color", they only own the standard they use to name and match them. the photoshop thing is basically so that you can guarantee that a pantone color in your screen will look the same irl even across materials and such, and it blacks it out when you paint it specifically referencing it as a pantone number, but you can replace it for a corresponding hex code or HSV value no problem. it's still ghoulish and horrible, but i'd say not quite as bad as you... painted it... ha
Just think, even though someone saw all that algae and thought that it would be great to turn into filament for us to print with, there were likely more people who saw it and thought it would be great to turn into food for us to eat. Let's be thankful that they went with the filament.
Man, I don't even have a printer, but this series is so interesting. I want to try the meta two tone filiment trick but I've never even used a printer before haha! Thanks for going through the work to not only print a proper benchy but the logistics of acquiring all of these! Final episode will be a banger, can't wait! Ps, grats on surviving and the new house!
Honestly the purple uv-sensitive pla might be useful for determining whether an area has uv leakage, say for sensitive applications or just to test lights
So now that we have expanding foam filament (was it PLA?) Can we now print custom protective foam inserts for tool boxes or model transport cases? That could be pretty cool!
For ideas for filament additions. I would love to see what something like Black 3.0 would do. Blackest black filament :D Creator of the color is also very much about "this belongs to everyone (Except Anish Kapoor). The color was basically made in direct response to Anish Kapoor buying the exclusive rights to vanta black.
Great video! I kinda like the purple glow filament!! Keep up the quality work! Don't ever get rushed or pressed to make a video if you don't feel it's right. I love your authenticity.
With all these wood filaments, maybe you could do a test on which ones take well to staining, carving or cutting? I would love to print something that looks and acts like real wood.
Just want to point out that on the Pantone one, the COLOR itself is not copyrighted, its the color defining (cant think of a better way to describe it) system they use that has been copyrighted. Basically theyt maintain standards that ensure that any color you need can be produced without the need for tons of back and forth with a factory. Lets say you have a T shirt that needs to be a certain color to match your specific logo, so you send a picture of the color over to a factory. Well their monitors might not be calibrated correctly and every sample they send you is totally off, so instead you find the pantone designation for that color, send that over, and as long as they have a pantone reference book/chip set they can EXACTLY match that color for you, and save MONTHS of waiting and failed samples. although putting that in 3d printing filament is kinda dumb.
Seen a few of your videos, you sir, are a 3d printing mad scientist genius! Love the information, the jokes, and you are VERY clear with your talking, good editing, you credit your sources, you chapter your content, substantial content not some noob throw together, I will be by the discord to check things out, thanks!
@31:00 CORRECTION: Purple, *does not exist.* (But it is real). There are two ways of defining colour: what we perceive, and as frequencies of light wavelengths. When light of a yellow frequency hits our eyes, we see yellow. When both red and green light frequencies hit our retina, we *also* perceive it as yellow. *Conversely:* if you go to the top of the light frequency colour scale, we have blue, and above that is ultraviolet (which we can't see). Meanwhile, Red is at the bottom of the scale. According to a colour *wheel,* purple is between red and blue... if we go back to thecolour scale, purple would have to be *simultaneously* above blue and below red (on the scale, that would be where we find yellow). It'd be like, climbing a ladder till you get to the bottom. SO: whenever we perceive purple, we're *not* seeing a specific frequency of light... purple is what we see as the *combination* of red light and blue light. unlike yellow, it is *only* ever seen as the combination of two light frequencies. Ergo: purple doesn't exist, but it *is* real (within the realm of our physical perceptions and mental cognitive processes). (So, any way you slice it, the manufacturer is lying about it "being" the so called colour "purple.)" 🙃 @37:42 Hi hello: yes, I'm a hobby printer, that's me. Great to be here, it's been a lovely show. 😆 (Can you tell I have a formal background in art and an enthusiasm for the technical)? 🙃
hahahahahah man, you broke me xD, I've been binge-watching your videos for like 2 weeks now. The puns so far, i've manage, the alliteration, i've love and try to say them back.. but that.... that treeD Fillament.,... the wink.... I burst laughing so hard my roommateswere shocked
This series is great, I end up watching it like every other month - it really gets the creativity flowing seeing all of the possibilities. BUT CAN YOU MAKE A SIMILAR SERIES FOR RESIN? Hmmmm??? Are you willing to face this challenge again, BUT IN LIQUID FORM?? Okay, I may be overdramatizing things, and admittedly I don't believe there are as many different varieties of resin to print with as there are different filaments, so the series would not be this long, maybe only two videos. However there are still a bunch of unique and interesting types of resin, such as "nylon-like" resin, wax-infused resin, implant-safe resin, ferrolite iron resin (a magnetic composite before firing, 100% iron (non-magnetic) after firing, permanent dental crown resin, hemp resin, and probably a bunch of other interesting ones that I haven't heard of yet.
I've legitimately never done any 3d printing, but I keep watching your videos because the writing is too damn good and basically every joke lands. You sir have a talent for entertainment.
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The rubber filament seems pretty useful to me! Print rubber feet on your prints, or just make the bottom few layers rubber and you have non-slip prints!
That is an awesome idea
Or print perfectly fitting gaskets?
You can just use... normal TPU/TPE filament. No reason to go for the burnt tyre smell DLC.
Why not just buy rubber bumpers/cabinet door bumpers or adhesive rubber sheets? Feel like that would be quicker and easier for most applications; but I'll give you a niche use case for some custom/specific items.
@@warrenwiz5 I mean if I had TPU filament and a 3D printer, both ready to go, I couldn't be arsed to go to the store.
On the Pantone thing: the concept of having a library of standard colors guaranteed to match across all manners of textiles, papers, paints and plastics is EXCEPTIONALLY useful for designing things that need to be color matched (I.e. literally anything mass manufactured).
In practice, copywriting freaking colors and charging though all orifices for the “right” to use them is INSANE
Yeah, I think a lot of people misunderstand the purpose of Pantone. Although I mostly put that blame squarely on Adobe because of their dumbass blocking of Pantone colors for literally no reason (like unless you're paying Pantone somewhere else in the chain, just using the colors in Photoshop or Illustrator wouldn't even matter).
@@whatr0 as i understand it adobe doesnt block the colors, it blocks the color picker for pantone colors, which is the digital version of pantone paint chips
So just like how in the real world if you somehow know how to get the specific color of pantone green you want without referencing a pantone chip you absolutely can
In the digital world you can do the same thing
But youve gotta pay for access to the reference chips, be it real or digital
Thinking about it that way, its alot less bad tbh, like yeah i can accept that if i want to use a reference system i should probably pay for it
To that end as well, pantone colors are only valuable if you need to provide a specific color to a manufacturer of some kind, since all they are are standardised colors, all the same colors exist on the color wheel normally just without the standardised names, which effectively means the only people who "need" to pay for a pantone sub are businesses anyway
This really had me thinking about Stuart Semples rant and activism against the guy who copywrited the blackest black.
@@MibaCallabus Anish Kapoor didn't copyright a color, he took exclusive access to the entire artistic usage of vantablack, which is a _material_ , not just some brand name for a color. That'd be like someone owning the sole right to use an entire type of paint.
@@SissypheanCatboy that's exactly what copyrighting is
Thanks for pushing through the painful challenges to bring us this video! 👍
Made it through Hell and high water
Four lungs were sacrificed to bring us this data.
20:44 didn’t laugh
@@davidcolson1900 literally
@@davidcolson1900 like his house depended on it
I've never 3d printed anything in my entire life, but your comedic timing and excellent writing is just so enthralling.
you HAVE to get a printer
@@monicat6797 Bruh, let them decide themselves...
@@lawabidingcitizen5153No
A role model on not giving up, Zack!!!!! Thanks for yet another great video
Also he ain't let us down with the nerd certificate
I love the "aww neat" unknowing response. The insane odds of cutting to future zack and such a time is amazing.
this is my favorite video "series" on youtube for a 2 reasons. 1. Super entertaining and interesting information. 2. My S.O. often needs to listen to something to fall asleep to, and these videos do the trick, putting her to sleep within 2 minutes whilst keeping me entertained. We have contributed a ridiculous number of views to this video series because of this use case.
For some reason I read this in Zach's voice.
I wonder whether this is a compliment or not haha
Oh shit I do this too- my wife is out like a light
@@Lexercise27 It's both; AKA a backhanded compliment.
That lightweight PLA material is *absolutely perfect* for making custom foam inserts for storage bins and tool drawers. Usually those are CNC milled out of hard PU foam, but there's no reason you can't print them.
Funny story in reference to your use of string trimmer line as printing filament-- I essentially did the opposite. I ran out of string trimmer line halfway through edging my front lawn and my car was out of commission so I didn't have transpo to the hardware store to get more until after they were closed, but what I DID have was a spool of bright green TPU, so I figured why the hell not?
Gave it a shot and it was.. surprisingly adequate. Not fantastic by any means and it was certainly a slower process because it wasn't as "sharp," if you will, as regular trimmer line, but the only other filament I had was PLA and it would have been far too brittle and weak.
In summation, TPU more or less came through for me in a weed-whackin pinch. Now let's never speak of this again. Oh, and thanks for another phenomenal video, F-Man.
As a dnd nerd could have told you plenty about this. Chain mail makes bludgeoning damage worse and doesn't do crap for peircing.
I think the meat filament PROBABLY printed so well because of the slight bit of fat acting as a lubricant
I love that matt fiber htpla, the print was beautiful
that is brilliant. that could have some useful applications. I wonder what other lubricants can be used as filament amendments. perhaps glycerin or something.
Awesome work on testing the filaments and writing the script. Love it. Good luck.
Thanks for continuing to provide people with pleasingly playful poetic pieces!
This amigo is always an architect of awesome alliteration in all affairs
@@JaredConnell What you've got there is assonance.
ETA: "Alliteration is usually described as the repetition of the same consonants, and assonance as the repetition of the same vowels." source: Department of Linguistics and English Language (LAEL) at Lancaster University
@@realjettlag no, I think this is alliteration. P isn't a vowel.
edit: looking back, I realized that jettlag was talking about the first guy's reply. i am dumb, and I misunderstood this. i offer up my sincerest apologies.
Bruh
Astoundingly, this amusingly articulate RUclipsr adeptly employs alliteration as an artful comedic device, always aiming to amuse and astound audiences.
He and CGPGrey could have an Awesome Alliteration Argument for the Ages.
Underrated Alliteration, Ally of All.
In awe I audibly applaud your alliteration articulation
I'm waiting for a tri-split Normal Filament. So whatever you print looks like you're looking at a normal pass from a 3D render.
That would be fucking awesome
Considering what all you went through to make this video reality you did a fantastic job. Feel bad about the old lab but I'm glad you're moving into your new place. Those filaments are extremely cursed.
Self Drop in place of Mic Drop was pure genius! Thank you for all of the entertainment. It can not be easy to be so creative all of the time. I admire your script writing and your sense of humor. Keep up the good work. You make us nerds look good!
"Voidstar Lab is now permanently perfumed with burning rubber. The only option is to send in an even stronger funk to beat the shit out of the first one." - Zack, as he summoned the flood to clean out the stench. Did it work? Did Voidstar Lab still stink of burnt rubber after the flood and mold?
That's something the lizards will have to figure out and deal with :D
How do you not have a blooper reel? I know your wife has to be laughing her ass off the whole time. Love your delivery ❤️
Don't know if it's been mentioned before, but Inland filament is rebranded eSun.
Another good use for the filament at the end of a spool is to get a 3D printing pen and use it to patch up failed prints. Fill in the blemish, sand, prime, and paint.
Are you sure this is true? inland seems to be decently cheaper and comes on different spools
@@ross2k220 most are B grade spools of eSun, they do rebrand some other brands as well though like their Tough PC being Polymaker Polymax PC as mentioned by Zack in I think the first or second one of these videos
MICRO CENTER PRO TIP: Any inland filament with a qr code is esun manufactured (pla+), any with the biodegradable leaf is manufactured by polymaker (pla pro, most normal pla, etc)
SR-110 is mainly used as support for nylon-12. I hated using because of the smell. It also takes forever to dissolve in hot lye.
ABS used PVA as support. ULTEM has its own as well.
The canister is designed just for controlling moisture. The Fortus printer constantly sends dry air into the filament path all the way to the hot end. Just leaving the drive wheel cover open let enough moisture in to destroy the nylon.
Love these episodes. Such a good reference when you have a weird special need for filament and need more than specs and cleaned up deceptive samples.
When I made my first 3D printer I was very excited and still skeptical that the thing would actually work so I couldn't wait for the filament to arrive and decided to test with trimmer line, without having no idea how hard it is to print. It more or less worked, I was really proud of the machine, you brought a fine memory to me.
Glad to see you were able to get the video put together through everything. Can't wait for the next part!
I remember getting my first 3d printer in ~2012, and distinctly remember ninjaflex being incredibly notorious. I haven’t printed seriously since then, and still remember that, kinda wish I’d tried it at the time just to be able to appreciate it more.
Edit: I also remember hearing arguments between hdpe and pla, the way we’d get stuff to stick was blue painter’s tape. No glue sticks, no kapton tape, no hairspray. Thanks for the nostalgia trip!
I got my first printer in 2017 and I actually love ninjaflex. My Lulzbot mini is REALLY good at printing all kinds of filaments. I think that the reason I started printing ninjaflex is because I started a bit late and I also learned of 3D printing from someone who also likes ninjaflex.
The script for this was incredible, and the filaments were like an alternate universe I never knew existed. I can't imagine any of these are commercially successful, but I'm getting the feeling that's commonly not a consideration for filament makers.
Of all the maker channels on the tube of yous, voidstar labs is my favorite and one I look forward to. Thanks for all you and your wife do for us as a community. Very happy that you were able to get through the bs that happened.
Glass filled polymers can actually be useful in very specific situations. I've had a project where I needed teflon but with less flexibility and deformation at elevated temperatures and glass filled was one of the valid options
I don't own a 3D printer, I probably never will. I do enjoy watching the videos and I've got to say with all the tangents, the rhyming, and the puns this has been one of the most entirely delightful review videos of 3D printing filament I've ever seen, thank you!
CS (as in the riot control agent) is a solid at room temperature and melts at 93C. What could be more cursed than a filament that makes you cry when you print it, or when you handle the part afterwards?
The simulated bone bit: I ordered a few infant tibia replacements for our Intraosseous infant trainer, since they discontinued the original replacement parts. It really is a great thing for the medical field, prehospital and in-hospital. Always wondered what they used, and now I know.
Now if I can get some TPU veins for a IV trainer, we can finally get THOSE trainers up and going.... Seriously, 3d printing has revolutionized so many things people don't think about, thanks for showing off some of these super oddball filaments, it makes things unexpectedly much more affordable and even possible!
The section on how to use filiment remants reminded me of something that I've been thinking about a lot recently: There's a lot of situations where extra material is needed for something, despite the fact that it won't make it into the final product. I knit and sew a lot, and have been thinking about in it terms of the extra yarn or thread that is needed to properly sew or cast on your knitting project, because you need something to hang on to or slack for proper needle movement. I wasn't able to find a term for this, but I think you could say the same about the bit of filament left on the spool.
Provisional spool space? Like provisional cast on but for 3d printing-just made that up
I know in fibercrafts you can use the chopped remnants as stuffing for small objects; I assume the 3D printing equivalent of this is shoving it in the infill.
Glass fiber is usually introduced to plastics for impact resistance rather than any other measure of strength. Things like tool cases, the plastic on power tools, anything a tradesman might use, usually have glass fiber reinforcement to stop them shattering as they get banged around by big solid steel tools.
The foamed pla seems like it would be amazing for lost pla casting!!
I binged all of filament series during my overnight modeling session for work
What was fitting so much is as I got more and more sleep deprived,, so did filaments got more and more wacky. In the end it was sort of a fever dream, not gonna lie. Funniest benchies I have seen so far!
My first printer comes later this week and it was such a blast nose diving into 3D printing fandom.
Great humor, great content, thank you!
I love HDPE because it's so easy to mill, so easy to recycle, and so resistant to friggin *everything*. But that also includes sticking to anything, including itself. It's basically the silicone of thermoplastics.
And hooboy does it ever warp!
Did I find the one person recycling grocery bags into filament?
@@elHippieSupremo I find that grocery bags made of PE are usually made of LLDPE, which is positively horrible for 3D printing.
Milk jugs are more likely.
"For reasons unknown to petrol billionaires."
I knew I liked Zack.
The commitment to the falling bit have me laughing more hard then I've ever laughed at a 3d print video
I'm only like 20% into 3D printing, but 110% into your writing, editing, and video work. I just wanted to say that I see you and you are awesome!
I love when the Magic jokes leak into the videos ("more keywords than an EDH deck" got an actual guffaw out of me). I don't even own a 3D printer but I've been a subscriber for the great writing and commitment to the bit. Glad you were able to salvage your living situation, can't wait to see the new labs once they're done!
don't forget the bureaucratic blind eternities
9:40 you don't need a radioactive Amazon driver to bite you to get these powers. That's just what happens if a normal Amazon driver bites you
Oh, Zach, on topic of PTFE, it decomposes visibly above ~230-250C releasing some neurotoxins, it's "melting point" is around 260C which is why terrible printer manufacturers list 260C as max temp. Not something I'd want print with. And I have to print with it
I came for the puns and overuse of alliteration. Did not disappoint.
Zach, I just want to say, every single time you upload is a treat. Thank you for doing what you do
The UV Purple PLA actually could be useful for certain situations; i.e. pla is for some reason the only material usable, but you also don't want it to degrade, so you could say "don't let it turn purple"; kind of ridiculous now that I'm typing it out lol
The Poro-Lay filaments work pretty well if you reheat them after printing. A bit more aggressive than annealing, a bit less aggressive than outright remelting. You're going to want to pack your parts in a ballast material to have them hold their shape. In my experience, Poro-Lay parts may fall apart if you soak them fresh after printing, but they're not too bad if you do some heat treatment before the PVA washout step.
They're useless for any structural application, but they are pretty nice if you want to experiment with shock absorption or acoustic damping, or if you need a very compliant material.
Cool
Because of your sponsorship I was informed of what micro center was and now have a $2000 pc.
the cf tpu might be useful for applications where you want a stiffer flexible part.
one example may be rc planes for the landing gear struts, or at least the springs for the struts
A stiffer flexible part? So, TPU?
Polyurethanes can be made stiffer than ABS. Stiffer TPU's are usually sold as TPU with high Shore hardness.
I do a lot of 3D printing for combat robotics, and TPU has been growing in popularity in the past few years. It's an alternative armor to titanium plating that eats up the energy stored in spinning weapons and slowly shreds rather than catastrophically shattering. I wonder how the CF-TPU would perform in that application.
It's pretty incredible you were able to make this video through all the challenges, great work
Unrelated, but I like your profile pic
Zach reminds me of PBS Kids, but for 14 up now. I was expecting the sponsored segment to end with , "and viewers like you"
My third and final wish for the Every Filament series is that... Zach is Freed(man) from the every filament series. One eternity of suffering for my entertainment is enough.
13:49 just laughed for a full 2 minutes at the pre-recorded reaction to what should have been a mundane cut scene only that the cut scene was dire and real time Zack couldn't know that.
In 2019, Makerbox enclosed a sample of Pneumatique, and I printed pliable eyepieces for my $15 thrift store Japanese microscope. Thank you for providing the opportunity to don both eyepieces simultaneously as stereomonocles and view your review of the stinkiest filament I've ever extruded through rings of said stink. They smell fine now, 4 years later.
Why is nobody talking about this guy's amazing alliteration artfulness? His adept articulation is a reason to feel accomplished.
iirc the thing with pantone is that they're not really claiming to "own the color", they only own the standard they use to name and match them. the photoshop thing is basically so that you can guarantee that a pantone color in your screen will look the same irl even across materials and such, and it blacks it out when you paint it specifically referencing it as a pantone number, but you can replace it for a corresponding hex code or HSV value no problem. it's still ghoulish and horrible, but i'd say not quite as bad as you... painted it... ha
They do patent the colors though, so fuck em.
Yeah, pantone doesn't really make sense for filament, but it's very nice to have when you're having products manufactured or printed
$7 CAD for the Boneitis reference
Just think, even though someone saw all that algae and thought that it would be great to turn into filament for us to print with, there were likely more people who saw it and thought it would be great to turn into food for us to eat. Let's be thankful that they went with the filament.
Man, I don't even have a printer, but this series is so interesting. I want to try the meta two tone filiment trick but I've never even used a printer before haha! Thanks for going through the work to not only print a proper benchy but the logistics of acquiring all of these! Final episode will be a banger, can't wait!
Ps, grats on surviving and the new house!
Thank you for not giving up! I love your videos and this series especially!
29:57 “I dropped the mic but I clipped it to my shirt so now I have to drop myself” *thunk*
Lmao
I was gonna say "wow dude bothered to make a certificate of nerd" and then I realised I fell for the oldest trick in the book.
I was hoping for some kind of really ornate colorful graphic design but instead was treated to the greatest pop song in history.
Honestly the purple uv-sensitive pla might be useful for determining whether an area has uv leakage, say for sensitive applications or just to test lights
The effort paid off. Well done zach, what a great video.
I did not get my nerd certificate >:C
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Don't worry, no matter how many times Zack may let us down, I'll never give up trying to find it.
Ur a nerd 🎉
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Ok femboy
I wish I could get this whole series of videos in a pdf with some little note about what was already discontinued/rare at the time.
Didn’t realise it was a 1 hour long video until an entire hour had passed
Thanks Zack. You’re the best!! Also, are you going to test out the new Bambu PET-CF Filament?
"hostile to the nostril"
okay subscribed
i would subscribe even if i didn't own a 3d printer.
the way you speak is incredible. please write a book.
So now that we have expanding foam filament (was it PLA?) Can we now print custom protective foam inserts for tool boxes or model transport cases? That could be pretty cool!
We have foaming PLA, ASA, and TPU.
this video has the best chapter organization i’ve ever seen
oh wow, the diy multicolor printed filament actually looks really cool, like striated layers in rock!
bro i dont even 3d print. dude has me sitting here watching an hour of silly filaments.
Should do a black mold flavoured filament in honour of the old lab.
So happy I've stumbled upon you these last few years. Amazing content. Thank you!
Did you really just label this video #4 to make us search for #3 endlessly.
Part 3 link: ruclips.net/video/pF2akallRiQ/видео.htmlsi=XgeCpbHZg_hSWspb
I'm not even close to interested in filament printing but listening to you do your thing has mee hooked dude. Subscription achieved.
You should team up with NileRed to make the most retched, pungent and utmost disgusting filament scientifically possible.
"sulphuric miasma" might be the new way I describe bad smells. Loved that whole sentence
For ideas for filament additions. I would love to see what something like Black 3.0 would do. Blackest black filament :D
Creator of the color is also very much about "this belongs to everyone (Except Anish Kapoor). The color was basically made in direct response to Anish Kapoor buying the exclusive rights to vanta black.
Great video! I kinda like the purple glow filament!! Keep up the quality work! Don't ever get rushed or pressed to make a video if you don't feel it's right. I love your authenticity.
Another masterpiece!!! 🎉 thanks for pushing through. Excited for the next chapter of the void star labs adventure!
I love the lights in your cutaways.
With all these wood filaments, maybe you could do a test on which ones take well to staining, carving or cutting? I would love to print something that looks and acts like real wood.
IS NO ONE TALKING ABOUT HOW HE RICK ROLLED US WITH THE NERD CERTIFICATE LINK
I laughed, I cried, I threw up in my mouth a little
This video is chock-a-block full of good band names! I'm calling "Festive Tire Fire" my new Grunge Christmas crossover.
Just want to point out that on the Pantone one, the COLOR itself is not copyrighted, its the color defining (cant think of a better way to describe it) system they use that has been copyrighted. Basically theyt maintain standards that ensure that any color you need can be produced without the need for tons of back and forth with a factory. Lets say you have a T shirt that needs to be a certain color to match your specific logo, so you send a picture of the color over to a factory. Well their monitors might not be calibrated correctly and every sample they send you is totally off, so instead you find the pantone designation for that color, send that over, and as long as they have a pantone reference book/chip set they can EXACTLY match that color for you, and save MONTHS of waiting and failed samples.
although putting that in 3d printing filament is kinda dumb.
Seen a few of your videos, you sir, are a 3d printing mad scientist genius! Love the information, the jokes, and you are VERY clear with your talking, good editing, you credit your sources, you chapter your content, substantial content not some noob throw together, I will be by the discord to check things out, thanks!
the blahaj joke was a nice touch, love it 💚
“I’d drop the mic but I clipped it to my shirt so now I have to drop myself”
*drops off chair*
That is toooo funny😂😂😂😂😂
29:20 I like how you used the hex code instead of the Pantone code.
@31:00 CORRECTION: Purple, *does not exist.* (But it is real).
There are two ways of defining colour: what we perceive, and as frequencies of light wavelengths.
When light of a yellow frequency hits our eyes, we see yellow. When both red and green light frequencies hit our retina, we *also* perceive it as yellow.
*Conversely:* if you go to the top of the light frequency colour scale, we have blue, and above that is ultraviolet (which we can't see). Meanwhile, Red is at the bottom of the scale.
According to a colour *wheel,* purple is between red and blue... if we go back to thecolour scale, purple would have to be *simultaneously* above blue and below red (on the scale, that would be where we find yellow). It'd be like, climbing a ladder till you get to the bottom.
SO: whenever we perceive purple, we're *not* seeing a specific frequency of light... purple is what we see as the *combination* of red light and blue light. unlike yellow, it is *only* ever seen as the combination of two light frequencies. Ergo: purple doesn't exist, but it *is* real (within the realm of our physical perceptions and mental cognitive processes).
(So, any way you slice it, the manufacturer is lying about it "being" the so called colour "purple.)" 🙃
@37:42 Hi hello: yes, I'm a hobby printer, that's me. Great to be here, it's been a lovely show. 😆 (Can you tell I have a formal background in art and an enthusiasm for the technical)? 🙃
They way you said "the queers" 😂😂😂😂
This is my first time watching, and I have to say, this was awesome!
yay trans meme
Yippie
hahahahahah man, you broke me xD, I've been binge-watching your videos for like 2 weeks now. The puns so far, i've manage, the alliteration, i've love and try to say them back.. but that.... that treeD Fillament.,... the wink.... I burst laughing so hard my roommateswere shocked
This series is great, I end up watching it like every other month - it really gets the creativity flowing seeing all of the possibilities. BUT CAN YOU MAKE A SIMILAR SERIES FOR RESIN? Hmmmm???
Are you willing to face this challenge again, BUT IN LIQUID FORM?? Okay, I may be overdramatizing things, and admittedly I don't believe there are as many different varieties of resin to print with as there are different filaments, so the series would not be this long, maybe only two videos. However there are still a bunch of unique and interesting types of resin, such as "nylon-like" resin, wax-infused resin, implant-safe resin, ferrolite iron resin (a magnetic composite before firing, 100% iron (non-magnetic) after firing, permanent dental crown resin, hemp resin, and probably a bunch of other interesting ones that I haven't heard of yet.
I've legitimately never done any 3d printing, but I keep watching your videos because the writing is too damn good and basically every joke lands. You sir have a talent for entertainment.
"Look im trying to be mature here but thats doo doo baby" 😂 Your videos and humor are priceless