How to Succeed When 3D Printing With Nylon

Nylon is a versatile and durable 3D printing material, but it can be tricky to print with. In this video, I'll share some tips and tricks that have helped me get great prints with nylon. If you're new to 3D printing nylon, or if you're having trouble getting good prints, this video is for you.

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[dbeelee]

Great video. My perspective is different than the overwhelming 3D printing people. First difference is I'm new to it. Second difference is my printer, a K1C. Being enclosed makes things easier and more inclusive. Third difference is upgrades. Fourth difference is my age. In other words, I've been interested in 3D printing concepts since the 90's, when costs were high, real high considering today's costs. So, today, prices are reasonable (my new laptop on run the printer modeling and slicing were more than the printer) and filament choices are better than ever.
This is a long way of saying short vids on printing are much better than 20+ minutes explaining setting up old, open designed printers with multiple setup steps, all of which effect the print.
The newest generation printers are as close to 1 step printing as ever. This creates the opportunity for great expansion of printing people. The 2nd generation of printing. While some of us remember the original airing of Star Trek and it's replicator, it's now available to tech neophites.
Today's steps are: (1) Place filament spool in dryer to dry for 6 hours minimum. (2) Feed filament thru dryer & it's tube into printer/head. (3) Prep buildplate. (4) Turn on printer & extrude until filament comes out. (5) Select model to print & print with bed calibration.
Sure, I left out modeling software techniques and slicer settings, if not obtaining downloads of print models, but, those are a different yt search.
Happy printing !!!

[lonewolfsstuck]

I have had this exact Fixdry dryer. Its not without its minor gripes, but compared to many of the other dyers it works way better.

[renderuthis]

I like facts wow! a different fact every 20 seconds, thanks for less small talk! amazing!

[shiretsu]

important note: teflon = brand name for PTFE. it's what you probably have in your printer

another note: the nozzle that came with your printer is probably brass

[tokehgekko]

West3D Undertaker Tungsten Carbide nozzle is a much better choise than hardened steel, many many times harder and almost identical thermal properties as brass to get a good melt.
Also it is a 1-piece nozzle unlike ruby nozzles which is a piece of ruby embedded in brass.
I am not affiliated with them i just really think these nozzles are great, ive pushed almost 10kg of ASA-CF through one and its still like new.

[s]

Great video, thank you!

I have a question: I need to print an intake for a go kart engine. Where the small carburetor is on the end. Karts have no suspension so the part needs to be strong to 'shaking' with the carburetor on the end. Can you advise the type of filament I should use please?

[justinmorgan]

Thanks for this video. Great tip regarding use of filament dryers directly feeding the printer. Also, thanks for the heads-up about not really needing an enclosure. I'm leaning toward a Bambu A1, and your Amazon solution means I don't need to shell out the big bucks for an enclosed P1S, although I might buy a $50 grow tent to replace the cardboard someday lol. Oh, one other thing, in case you ever make a follow-up video, Nylon is a brand name, the actual material is Polyamide or PA, IIRC, so you might get more YouTube search hits if you put "PA/Nylon" in your title next time. Keep up the great work!

[WKfpv]

The enclosure is what will avoid warping. In my experience if your not getting the enclosure temperature to at least 40°C doesn't matter your using a garolite bed, it will warp and fail.

[TheDragonfriday]

Thank you, also nylon 6 and 12 is uv resistant someday I will try make my own custom welding helmets.

[BrennanAtkinson-te]

can I get away with printing glass filled nylon with a .4 mm nozzle?

[newFaction]

This left out so many important aspects of printing nylon wtf

[derickkruger]

With nylon being hydroscopic, what will the impact be if you use the finished nylom printed items in water?

[DescendantOfAbraham]

I want to start printing small gears out of Nylon. They are relatively small, 6" diameter and smaller. What would you recommend as a starting printer, that would produce quality prints? Somewhere in the $1000 to $1500 dollar price range.

[btz]

And they also increase it sounded like your brain melted for a bit hahaha xD

[attack]

just don't store your fillament (even the packed ones) in open air.
sure if you just get it from delivery you might need to dry it out.

but mine. i order filament. and i might not use that filament for several days. (because i am not printing or using a diffrent spool)
so i store mine in a drybox. not heated or anything just a shit ton of desicant bags in there.
it litterally get the air down to the low single digit percentiles of moisture.
this is more than dry enoegh to passively dry out anything you put in there.

infact sticking your hand into the drybox makes the drybox feel much colder than the surrounding air even though it's the same temperature. (any moisture on your hands is instantly vaporising in the dry air and thus cools your hand down)