Wood Filament 3D Printer – Final Thoughts

I started playing around with different filament types and plan on doing some videos about them. In this video, I go over my initial thoughts on PLA Wood filament. I cover some of the pros/cons of using it, along with some tips when it comes to sanding/finishing your print.

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[DPrintscape]

I hope you found this overview helpful! If you have any questions or would like other tips/tricks, just let me know in the comments.

[HVXmania]

These bowls look really good and the grain effect you achieved with stain is some of the best I’ve seen on the web. Thanks, you’ve inspired me to try it.

[johnnylego]

Excellent video even 2 years later!! Keep up the excellent content!!

[dprintnewbiemilan]

Great video was waiting to see if there was going to be more on the subject. Keep up the good content

[jesseburson]

That looks good. I want to print some rosewood from 3DBest but not sure I can with my current machines. I don't have the proper nozzles but man it sure looks good.

[kevinmahoney]

On one of the forums I frequent someone had printed a stock for his airsoft rifle. He sanded and stained it and it looked pretty good in the pictures. So, the wood filament is a little more useful than just making decorations and trinkets.

[duppenthalerj]

Nice video with many useful considerations -- thanks. I've started experimenting with this wood PLA and found that it clogged my 0.4mm nozzle for the first time ever. I changed the nozzle and am using regular filaments as before, but I want to think and study a bit before trying it again. One video I saw suggested only using 0.6mm nozzles with wood filament. I also want to study extruder temperature's effect on clogging. My Filamentum brand filament (from the Czech Republic) suggests working temperature of 170/185 degrees C.

My primary use, so far, is to make drawer and cabinet handles. They're fairly small, so wood grain isn't so important on them. Also, it ought to be easy to make lots of different and original styles. For example, I made a dozen Greene & Greene style handles out of (real) oak and it involved about a dozen steps on the table saw, band saw, router table, spindle sander, etc. over a couple of days. Pretty much anything you do with SketchUp you can just 3D print one or ten when you need them.

Keep up the good work.

[rohan]

Hey! Awesome video. I'm making some bookmarks with wood filament. Do you know what kind of finish I could use that wouldn't stick or stain the pages? Thanks!

[SamuelMenezes]

Hey Robert, great video even 3 years later. I've to say that final prints looks very good actually (btw, recording in very high resolution). I'm struggle finding Hatchbox in the market and will probably try Amolen brand. If you have experienced printing with this brand, please let us know.

[cristiana]

Brilliant video! Thank you for the info :D

[nickbutler]

I wonder if tou could use wood pla with pla+ in duel extrusion. Have the outside 2 or 3 walls be the wood pla but the rest be pla+ to get both strength and looks

[shanenatale]

Great video - thoughts on forust from desktop metal?

[LocovsworldNL]

what nozzle did you use? I was recommended by a vendor for a wood filament to use a .5m nozzle. Is this required you recon ?

[YigalBZ]

Can you show how to print wood filament? comparing to PLA?

[jacobrubanov]

do you think it's possible to make food-safe bowls with wood filament?

[fasttl]

Get a resin printer. I'm a little late, so I hope you did. I have an AnyCubic Photon Mono since January of 2021. This is in addition to my Creality CR-10 S Pro V1.

[freedom_aint_free]

To me this wood filament looks more like ceramic !

[CheeseMiser]

So to clarify. Its not actual wood and there hasnt been any scientific breakthrough allowing wood to be 3d printed