by Tdeagan » 2013-Oct-Fri-16-Oct
Michele31415 wrote:REPRAP SQUAD wrote:They even stock conductive filament. I have some but I haven't tested out the conductive filament yet but I've used the majority of their other stuff and it works well.
Have you measured the actual resistance of this stuff? I could think of all sorts of cool applications if it was a good conductor.
I bought some of this. It's conductive in the same manner as the static control packages that chips are sent in. I've been back and forth with the Makergeeks on the conductivity. Here's the last they sent me:
"Hey Tim, I did a little test print; about 20 layers thick and about 4" long and hit it with 12v and I was reading about 10.8v at the other end of the trace. So it's not copper that's for sure but still pretty cool for something that you can 3D print with"
My tests so far show it to be less conductive than that (I'm seeing mega-ohm resistance,) but I'm still playing with it. They seem to have lit some LEDs with it.
Tim Deagan
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