1st time using PLA-CF. Using textured PEI plate with hardened steel 0.4 nozzle and default PLA-CF Bambu settings. No pre-drying, just out of the box and onto the printer. Stunningly accurate prints, sticks perfectly even on small parts with an hour on the bed. Pushed it to 0.16mm layer height by mistake but came out with no issues. Looks just awesome. Highly recommended.
Sounds intriguing. Are you gonna share what you printed and how you defined accurate? I’ve always been curious about CF but so far I haven’t found a use-case to try it out where PETG couldn’t do the same thing. The price is what has kept me away. If someone knows of a sample spool, please let me know. I haven’t found that either.
I can confirm as I have been using PLA-CF with the .4 and .6 and like the results better with the .4 nozzle and it’s works just fine. Watch speeds N temps that’s all.
Accurate due to being able to reduce my tolerance for fitting pegs into holes. PLA always expanded slightly and made things fit tight, the PLA-CF, even if it’s only got a 5 to 10% by weight carbon component, is so much closer to the design dimensions. PLA also gave my an ever so slight strange wavey effect - I’ve attached a photo showing what I mean. The PLA-CF came out fine.
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I’m new to PLA-CF and I’m here because I suspected that expansion may be involved with a quirk that I noticed while printing dovetails.
I designed a 30 deg dovetail and printed 2 versions of the base one in pla ane in pla-cf.
Unsure of the fit i made the top dove tail in pla slightly smaller by 0.2 mm, because i wanted it to fit snugly.
I was shocked to see that the pla slides into the pla base perfectly
but was somehow too big to fit into the pla-cf
i suspected that the pla was cooling bigger