I saw a 3d printer using plastic pellets instead of filament.

Is this a good idea? Because I never saw anyone doing this.

Seller says “in this way it won’t run out of filament” but I have the impression of imprecise extrusions (machine was fitted with a big 0.8mm nozzle)

  • brisk@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    27 days ago

    You would be giving up some feed-rate control and retraction. Probably not too bad with certain materials and large scale prints, but I’d be surprised if you could do anything moderately precise with this.

    • Moonrise2473@feddit.itOPEnglish
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      27 days ago

      Uuuuhhh that’s why all the samples were printed in vase mode with a huge nozzle!

      I didn’t think about retraction!