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Re: WOOD PLA

Post by Tim » Sat Dec 05, 2015 3:49 am

I have found the eSUN wood filament to look very plastic coming off the bed, but a little bit of sanding gets rid of the plastic look, and a little bit of staining makes it look indistinguishable from wood as long as you choose your print orientations carefully. I'm pretty sure the base wood they use is bamboo, so it comes out with a very light color, very light-weight, and no carpentry-shop odor while printing. I keep the infill very high (75%) because otherwise it feels as light as balsa. Picture below of my chess set done in eSUN wood filament except for the frame of the chessboard, which was done in MakerGear black PLA.
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Re: WOOD PLA

Post by Jules » Sat Dec 05, 2015 3:55 am

Really turned out great tim! (Hadn't seen the finished set.) :D
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Re: WOOD PLA

Post by Tim » Sat Dec 05, 2015 4:28 am

That one won a 1st place ribbon at the county fair arts & crafts exhibition!
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Re: WOOD PLA

Post by Pekish79 » Sat Dec 05, 2015 4:56 am

what did u use to stain it? i will try to stain Esun because as it is look very plasticky
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Re: WOOD PLA

Post by Jules » Sat Dec 05, 2015 5:40 am

Tim wrote:That one won a 1st place ribbon at the county fair arts & crafts exhibition!
No surprise there....congrats! :D
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Re: WOOD PLA

Post by Tim » Sat Dec 05, 2015 10:33 pm

Pekish79 wrote:what did u use to stain it? i will try to stain Esun because as it is look very plasticky
You will want to sand it down before staining, or it won't take as well. I used a normal stain (MinWax Provincial 211 for the dark pieces, I think MinWax Maple something-or-other for the light pieces. Finished with a polyurethane semi-gloss coat.
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Re: WOOD PLA

Post by sthone » Fri Dec 11, 2015 6:43 pm

This may sound like a weird question to ask but... can someone tell me if a piece of this wood type filament by itself would float in water?

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Re: WOOD PLA

Post by MagicEngineer » Sat Dec 12, 2015 12:46 am

I have some that does, but it may just be because of the 25% infill.

EDIT: I just cut a piece of hatchbox wood right off the roll and it does float.
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Re: WOOD PLA

Post by sthone » Sat Dec 12, 2015 3:17 am

Awesome Thanks... that's what I was hoping to hear.

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Re: WOOD PLA

Post by Vandal968 » Sun Dec 13, 2015 8:06 am

sthone wrote:This may sound like a weird question to ask but... can someone tell me if a piece of this wood type filament by itself would float in water?

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Does this esun filament weigh the same as a duck?

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