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Use FLEX EcoPLA (soft or flexible PLA Filament) - 2gen Solidoodle

Had another great client of ours email me today about the Flex EcoPLA™ that we sell and she wanted to share her settings for a 2nd Gen Solidoodle -

Hello,
Some comments about the FlexEcoPLA.
Got the FLEXPLA a couple of days ago and finally managed to make a beautiful timing belt, almost like the original. I just had to lower the speed by 50%, make it no thinner than 0,3mm and a bit of extra grid. No fan (yet).  The temperature was 206-208C, the more the better, because low temp causes filament to bend and roll around the stepper mechanism. The quality of the final result is excellent.

Best regards,

Thanks again for all the great emails gang, keep it up... 

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