[video=youtube;elmx-suesKE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elmx-suesKE[/video]
Here's a link to the [URL="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/adambeaneindustries/cx5-sculptable-filament-for-3d-printers?ref=project_link"]kickstarter[/URL]. Cx5 as a sculpting material has already been on the market for a little while; this kickstarter is to start manufacturing it as a 3D printer filament.
The whole idea behind Cx5 is that at a certain temperature, it's relatively easy to work with, smooth, and sculpt like you would clay, then at room temperature it's solid like a plastic. In the context of 3D printers, this means smoothing out print lines much more easily, and adding detail via traditional sculpting methods to things you've already printed.
[video=youtube;8zYkiEOrnKs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zYkiEOrnKs[/video]
There's some footage of working with Cx5 3D prints on the kickstarter page.
As somebody who owns a 3D printer and likes to print figurines and shit, this is pretty exciting. The stuff is pricey, but it's worth it if it's all that it's cracked up to be. From the looks of things, it's also pretty darn easy to print with - it melts around 75°C unlike virtually all other filaments that melt around 170°C or higher, which also makes it less prone to warpage as it cools after coming out of the hot-end.
seems like this would also take fucking ages to print seeing how thick you must have to set the walls to carve inwards however. can't wait for faster 3d printers first and foremost but it's defintely neat seeing all these new filaments coming around,.
[QUOTE=MrBunneh;50864303]seems like this would also take fucking ages to print seeing how thick you must have to set the walls to carve inwards however. can't wait for faster 3d printers first and foremost but it's defintely neat seeing all these new filaments coming around,.[/QUOTE]
A little extra print time isn't a big deal imo. I usually set big prints to go over night regardless.
There are a load of super cool filaments coming out nowadays. We have the mechanics of a printer along with the software sorted out, now we're getting wild with the materials. I'm using tungsten-impregnated filament at work, but there's stuff like tribo filament (low friction meant for contact sliding, like bushings), stuff made from plant material, filament that become like gel when soaked in water overnight, flame retardant filament, super strong "alloys", wooden filament in a range of types, various metals, and so on.
bunch of em here [url]https://www.matterhackers.com/store/3d-printer-filament?t=1.75mm%20Specialty%20Filament[/url]
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