High Temp PLA - Polymaker HT-PLA

[Artur5]

As far as a new 3D printer is concerned they’re all using the new direct feed to their hot end and this is a no, no for me, because it makes changing filament colours a lot more difficult.

I prefer to use the Bowden tube which I found much easier to feed new filament in for a quick change around, I even discounted using Capricorn tubes because they are not see through.

I don't follow you here.. Why do you think it's more difficult to feed filament in direct drive extruders ?. Have you tried?. I assure you that, if anything, it's easier because there's no Bowden tube in-between the spool and the filament entry on top of the extruder. I do it all the time with prints that have a color change at different layers. It's a fast and very simple procedure.

 

[The Hat]

I don't follow you here.. Why do you think it's more difficult to feed filament in direct drive extruders ?. Have you tried?.

Yes and yes and it’s not.. The Bowden tube for me is way superior, tried and tested many a time.. I wouldn’t be saying so if I hadn’t tried both methods..

On another note:- I found a supplier that had CR-10 motherboards and was able to get one, the Feckin thing was almost as dear as a new printer.. €125, Now the question is, will it work when the time comes..

 

[Artur5]

Take good care of your printers. In a few years, they will be the last survivors of the Bowden extruder species.
People will pay a lot of money to see such rarities in action..

P:S: I was missing one of those threads when you and I are in total disagreement.

 

[Nifty]

I assure you that, if anything, it's easier because there's no Bowden tube in-between the spool and the filament entry on top of the extruder. I do it all the time with prints that have a color change at different layers. It's a fast and very simple procedure.

100% agree! After 3 bowden-based printers, and years of not wanting to go to direct-drive, I finally went direct with my Ender 3 V3 SE and QUICKLY became a convert of how much easier it was to load, manage, and unload. I would never go back to bowden. In fact, seeing a lot of the new printers use bowden to get the filament to the extruder makes me

 

[Nifty]

Yes and yes and it’s not.. The Bowden tube for me is way superior, tried and tested many a time.. I wouldn’t be saying so if I hadn’t tried both methods..

On another note:- I found a supplier that had CR-10 motherboards and was able to get one, the Feckin thing was almost as dear as a new printer.. €125, Now the question is, will it work when the time comes..

Too bad you don't live closer. I'd give you my whole CR-10!