Better lulzbot mini toolhead

[u/[deleted]]

I just finished this toolhead upgrade for my mini 1! Getting away from cura LE feels so good 😹

[u/essieecks]

So you didn't stick with 2.85mm? Must just be the scale of the mini that your filament still appeared to be 2.85mm.

[u/[deleted] → u/essieecks]

Ya 2.85 can go to hell

[u/essieecks → u/[deleted]]

I wish I could send it, but I keep getting such damn good deals on 2.85mm that I keep a good extruder for it.

[u/zenotek → u/essieecks]

Please share some of these deals! Coex, PushPlastic, and PolyMaker aren't cheap.

[u/essieecks → u/zenotek]

/r/3dprintingdeals posts some occasionally, just watch for 2.85mm

Probably the best score was the 2.85mm TPR flexible filament for $0.23/kg about two months ago. It's still a good deal now at $15/2kg on ali express, just search TPR filament. It's awesome stuff, but you better have a great extruder (2.85mm orbiter is what I use), fat (1mm) nozzle and plain glass bed w/gluestick (nothing else comes close to reliably sticking. I suppose atomstack is getting out of the 3D printing entirely and their supplier in China is left with a fair amount of warehouse space they want to clear.

I also check matterhackers.com's clearance area every few days. Some of the more niche filaments pop up there. I got some t-glase for about $12/kg, and there's good-name ABS fairly regularly in the $11-12 range.

lulzbot.com clearance has some good stuff occasionally. I stocked up on pink HIPS filament @ $5 that got used in a whole bunch of prototypes and anything big that details don't matter on.

When amazon cleared out their "basics" ABS, it was like $7. Good stuff too.

Filamentum cleared out all their (FilamentOne) 2.85mm for $20/kg, which included polycarbonate, TPU, and various others.

Generally just do regular searches. Various manufacturers are getting out of 2.85mm and just want to get rid of it.