Author: Daz

Introduction I was looking for some cheap orange filament for a small project and I’d seen Real Filament crop up a few times on amazon searches. It stands out because a whole KG for £18.39 is a bit of a bargain, and Real Make many claims about their quality and manufacturing processes. Overview   This filament comes on a nice thin spool and appears wound well. It comes from Holland (where so much filament seems to be produced) and overall the packaging is great. Boxed, wrapped and well wound for cheap. I was kind of surprised that the filament...

Introduction I had heard about Fillamentum but hadn’t actually purchased any, however some came with a Raise3D I had recently purchased and not one to waste any fillament at all I decided to print some useful things, but also to give it a bit of a review. Enjoy Overview This filament comes on a nice 3/4 spool (this used to be standard but recently the big boys have started using the extra wide that don’t fit in my enclosure (looking at you Rigid.ink). This is however only a 750g spool and so you’d expect it to be a bit...

George from over at Emvio Engineering was kind enough to give me a few samples of his new Emvio Engineering filament range. The samples are only about 50g in weight, and being bowden means you lose a fair bit on the route from the extruder and the hotened so with the remainder you really have to be sensible if you’re going to make something that is functional and also useful for calibration. I’d given this some thought and also done quite a lot of searching, I didn’t wanna create maker coins, as they were mostly clutter and given my...