My new blog is live, with its first post.

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My new blog is live, with its first post.
http://www.gyrobot.co.uk/blog/how-to-3d-print-with-flexible-filaments

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I like your blog post, but I almost didn’t read it after the misuse of “it’s” in your G+ post (and it’s in your twitter post as well) which may reduce its effectiveness at drawing people in. It’s a common mistake, and I hate being that guy, but fixing that may help you get more readers.

Again, I liked your post, particularly that you cited several places to go to address the issues you were discussing.I will try to ensure my future machine constrains the filament as it heads to the hot end.

Good luck with your blog!

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@Preston_Thorpe Thanks man, and it’s (:wink: fixed.

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Many thanks, first class blog. Just what I needed, a comprehensive view of the whole issues regarding extruders.

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Good write up!

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@Ashley_Webster In my experience with NinjaFlex, higher heat just deters the buckling. You can print slower at lower temperatures, but I think the information given here is great. The distance on the spitfire from the extrusion motor to the hotend is pretty small so I only run into this issue pushing the material to faster speeds. I want to try one of these recreus extruder some day and set an entire machine aside just for flexibles.

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@Ben_Van_Den_Broeck ​ @Ashley_Webster ​​ if you build a machine solely for flexible, then it can print all except the really high temperature plastics (polycarb etc). The only thing you do not need for Filaflex is a heated bed, just a glass plate.