Hatchbox PETG - Looking Good!
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2017 3:19 am
I've been running a lot of eSun PETG over the last few months - mostly black.
I have a couple parts to run and nobody had the eSun in stock - so I ordered Hatchbox.
I ran Hatchbox PETG this spring and it was fine. Seemed to be about the same as eSun, but needed to run a little hotter.
The first thing I do with a new material is run a calibration cross to get my scaling and offset figured out. Often times I'll break the calibration part when I'm done with the measurements just to see how strong the part is.
The part i need to run is fairly big - .6kg of material - so I'm running the .5 nozzle, .6 width, and .3 layers - and 265C for the Hatchbox material. The Hatchbox filament printed much cleaner than eSun. Barely any stringing. I always get some little nerds on the outside of the eSun PETG parts. Not blobs - almost like bubbles, but not that either. The Hatchbox material was nearly flawless on the surface. Solid infill on the top surface was about the same between the two. FWIW, I've tried 265 on the eSun material, but it was more brittle than at 255.
When I broke the Hatchbox part, it was FAR tougher than the eSun material. I got substantial plastic deformation before it snapped, and it's less elastic than the eSun too, when flexing. For now, I'm sold. Hatchbox will be my goto PETG.
I'll also mention that I've started running PETG on Hairspray, and I'm lovin' that. Hairspray hasn't worked for ABS or ePC, but it's sweet on the PETG. I might rough up my MIC6 plate a little more to see if that helps the hairspray bond for ABS. I should also mention that my machine is in a heated enclosure - I run it at 50C for PETG. Don't know how much of a factor that is.
Hatchbox has been my standard ABS material for at least 6 months. Their black was out of stock everywhere, so I ordered eSun ABS (not ABS+) ... so I'll be interested to see how the two brands compare in the ABS ... which should happen over the weekend.
I have a couple parts to run and nobody had the eSun in stock - so I ordered Hatchbox.
I ran Hatchbox PETG this spring and it was fine. Seemed to be about the same as eSun, but needed to run a little hotter.
The first thing I do with a new material is run a calibration cross to get my scaling and offset figured out. Often times I'll break the calibration part when I'm done with the measurements just to see how strong the part is.
The part i need to run is fairly big - .6kg of material - so I'm running the .5 nozzle, .6 width, and .3 layers - and 265C for the Hatchbox material. The Hatchbox filament printed much cleaner than eSun. Barely any stringing. I always get some little nerds on the outside of the eSun PETG parts. Not blobs - almost like bubbles, but not that either. The Hatchbox material was nearly flawless on the surface. Solid infill on the top surface was about the same between the two. FWIW, I've tried 265 on the eSun material, but it was more brittle than at 255.
When I broke the Hatchbox part, it was FAR tougher than the eSun material. I got substantial plastic deformation before it snapped, and it's less elastic than the eSun too, when flexing. For now, I'm sold. Hatchbox will be my goto PETG.
I'll also mention that I've started running PETG on Hairspray, and I'm lovin' that. Hairspray hasn't worked for ABS or ePC, but it's sweet on the PETG. I might rough up my MIC6 plate a little more to see if that helps the hairspray bond for ABS. I should also mention that my machine is in a heated enclosure - I run it at 50C for PETG. Don't know how much of a factor that is.
Hatchbox has been my standard ABS material for at least 6 months. Their black was out of stock everywhere, so I ordered eSun ABS (not ABS+) ... so I'll be interested to see how the two brands compare in the ABS ... which should happen over the weekend.