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paulsroom 2 years, 5 months ago.
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Definitely interested!
Keep us posted please!
Are they offer (will they offer) combined purchase for two (ABS + PLA)? Could you find it out for us, please?
” good news, you can select “CEL Robox” as a plate size.”
Yay! Finally Robox appears on some 3rd party sites! 🙂
OK - question for bulk order: do we order now for PLA and if so who wants it?
(or wait for PLA+ABS)
As I don’t really have a problem with PLA at the moment, I would certainly wait until the ABS plate is available.
I contacted GeckoTek and they told me that they make a plate that fits the Robox, but it is only for PLA. So I ordered a plate and have it now. It is an exact replica of the PEI bed in outline, including the tabs. It is not for ABS and they are currently developing one for that.
However since I started using PLA as opposed to ABS, just before I ordered the GeckoTek plate everything has adhered okay to the original Robox PEI bed. The first couple of prints still had intermittent problems, but then it seemed to right itself. I’m now able to print from the smallest part to the largest part without it sliding off or failing to complete.
Given that some users report major printing problems on this forum, I decided not to upset my status quo until I needed to. I haven’t sanded my PEI bed, only occasionally clean it with a wet IPA, and otherwise just use a soft dry wipe. So I do wipe the bed before every print. Of course this doesn’t work for everyone, but then the goal is to get a good print without problems.
I treat every print I do as experimental and although I still hope for, what I consider to be a perfect print, I am interested in the 3dhubs. But I can’t pursue that until I know I have a consistent standard and operation. I had big problems with ABS that only reduced and then stopped when I started using PLA, so I will not be going back to ABS.
I you like PLA you will also like the Woody filament, it does not warp much, nice finish, nice feel and easy to sand. A little more brittle than PLA and only available in wood color. I would like to have this filament in white as well.
@microcan I have to say that I’m not sure what model I would need a wood effect for, it would make some of my models look very odd. However I am interested in all the different filaments that are being produced now anyway. I think that my main interest would be one that is approved for food use - even allowing for the statement that no FDM models are truly for food use even with an approved filament.
My main goal, probably like most people here on the forum, is to have my Robox print consistently well without major problems. For me at least, it seems that it doesn’t like ABS, so I will only use PLA. Once I have had a good run of prints with PLA, I shall then move on to a different filament. I intend to go for a similarity of settings so that there is not a wild difference each time I change the filament.
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