IC3D Filament test -1st results

[bvandiepenbos]

I printed last night and this morning with the sample 1.75 blue abs.
It works just as well as the SeeMe or Ultimachine filament.

melt temp is a bit lower it seems, extruded ok at 205c easy at 210. I printed robots at 215 and 220 with good results.
this is with .35 J-Head on my Rostock MAX "KITT"
speed 40-50
.2 and .25 layers tested.
older marlin fw
slic3r

by the way, the out of roundness does not seem to cause any issues. I see on the box the tolerance is +- .1 mm so in that regard it is within that spec.

besides, I went and measured some of the other filaments I have around, they to are not exactly round either. some are a bit better but not all.



so I would say it is a decent choice of filament supplier.
nice that it is made in the USA


 Mark, I would of had 12 maker bots for you but part way into plate full... ANOTHER cheap PTC from SeeMeCNC failed.

[BeeAmaker]

That is pretty much what I saw as well - prints just as good as most others.

Plus side - made in USA
Price is competitive
Thanks for the test results

[BeeAmaker]

I also noticed yesterday that the IC3D filament didn't seem to burn like some of the others.
Some how a gcode file didn't copy properly and my print stopped about half way. I have no idea how long it sat there with the nozzle at 230 degrees. When I restarted the print I realized that I had forgotten to clear out the nozzle but to my surprise the print started with clean filament. I expected it to be burnt.

The blue might be harder to check, but if you could test that one too that would be great.

[navkram]

Just got done printing with the blue filament from them, I have good results, no popping sounds like I get from the red filament from seeme, same temps as Brian is printing I would give this 2 thumbs up. good bridging, all around I like the blue. will post pictures once I get the last 2 parts done.