Sculptable Filament

[MartyS]

Adam Beane Industries is going to be starting a Kickstarter soon to get production going on a 3D printable version of their Cx5 sculpting material.

The requirement will be that the printer be able to print at around 70°C, I don't think Printrbots have a minimum printing temperature so it should work.

I'm looking forward to trying this, well, if it's not too expensive.

http://www.sculptyourprint.com/

[RetireeJay]

Printrbots (and other printers that use Marlin firmware) do have a minimum printing temperature. By default it's 170C. That's to prevent the extruder motor from trying to push filament through a hot end that's not hot enough to melt plastic.
Of course, you could change this with one simple edit to Marlin's "Configuration.h" file and re-compile to create a compatible firmware.

[MartyS]

Well darn, looks like I'll be learning how to compile firmware if I end up getting some of this stuff.

Would M302 be a work around? It's listed as a command available in Marlin.

[RetireeJay]

Yes, that looks like it would work. You'd have to do that every time you turn on the printer and want to run it cooler than normal.

[MartyS]

Yes, it would have to be entered each time. I'm guessing that filament is going to need a lot of unique settings, so adding custom starting gcode will just be one more thing to add to the profile.

[musk]

I love to 3d print things because scupting is hard and I'm happy to never need to sculpt.
For me, this is like adding bicycle pedals to a car.