HATCHBOX 1.75mm Gray Wood PLA 3D Printer Filament, 1 KG Spool, Dimensional Accuracy +/- 0.03 mm, 3D Printing Wood Filament

This product is pretty amazing. It's really easy to use - standard settings worked fantastically Dimensional accuracy cited on Hatchbox website is .03 not 0.05. Haven't had it clog yet. Some websites do warn about abrasions on their nozzles - so check up on that - we have a titanium nozzle so we haven't had a problem We had some adhesion problems when printing a very fine design - had to print with rafts - but I suspect this is to do with the design and not the material Post processing makes it look really amazing - I used Nova Dye 18 Antique Oak. It doesn't take it up particularly well, so you have to do multiple coats (it dries pretty quickly though between coats). Also areas that have been sanded or clipped take up the dye very differently, so I opted for not sanding any of the visible surfaces - this keeps the grain intact, and the print was good enough that sanding wasn't really necessary. I then applied gloss polyurethane varnish - 3 coats over 3 days Stringing seen on the octopus below was only because we were testing the extremes of the (very wide) temperature range. You don't get variation of colour according to temperature, as some people have claimed about wood filament.

On recommendation I thought I’d try the Hatchbox filament. Sadly I have nothing good to report about it. Apart from taking a long time to deliver the filament is terrible. I have not yet managed to get a successful print job off it. I have used the same print parameters as other wood effect filaments but no. I have tried different settings all to no avail. I’ve even tried printing it on other PLA bases. Nope. It doesn’t stick well (either to the plate or PLA), it is stringy, brittle, clogs easily. I don’t like leaving one star reviews and I only VERY rarely do so, however, there is simply nothing good I can say about this filament.

I was really impressed with how well the filament was loaded on the spool, it gives me peace of mind if I want to print overnight. I have a monoprice select mini and this filament had no troubles running through the nozzle with temps. I had to amp up the nozzle temp to 230 initially to clear out the previous filament and get things going. After that, it printed beautifully without any issues and as a bonus, the room I printing in has a woodshop smell! The finished product has an interesting texture to it that's not fully wood but definitely not fully plastic. It has a different weight to it than a fully plastic PLA would have as well. I'm very impressed with this filament and company and will definitely be purchasing more!

Excelentes resultados en impresora Ender 3 Pro

First off I will say I went into this filament with extreme caution initially. This was my first attempt at printing with wood filament but of course I naturally did a lot of researching and scouring the internet about users experiences with wood filament and which brands would be most recommended. Pretty much everything I read talked about constant nozzle clogs while using 0.4 nozzles, jammed hot ends and even hot end replacements because of the wood filament jams being so bad, and people saying wood filament strings terribly. Every source I read said you have to use 0.5 or even 0.6 mm nozzles because 0.4 will not work. Well, being the adventurous person I am I decided to go against what everyone says and use my 0.4 mm ruby tip brass nozzle because I knew the wood filament could potentially be abrasive so I wanted to at least eliminate that out of the equation with nozzle wear. I will say I was kind of scared because this is a nice printer (Qidi X-Smart 3) and I hate ruining things due to stupidity lol. Well, I will say, this blew me away when I knocked out my first print (the heart shaped box) which ran 13h 36m 13s, and not a single under extrusion and absolutely no stringing. Now I have the lid printing for it, using the exact same settings and at the time of writing this review it's at about 2 hours into the next piece with about 6 1/2 hours to go, and not a single hiccup. Soooo, I don't know why people are having problems with this stuff clogging their hot ends and nozzles, but truth be told, this stuff prints just as easily as normal PLA. I do run this slightly cooler than my normal PLA, but these first prints I'm doing are running at 190c on the hot end and 63c on the bed temps. Retractions are set to 1mm distance and 40mm/s speed. Since I'm a patient person, I run things slow, like 35-40mm/s print speed slow. Why go that slow if this printer can hit over 100mm/s? Well, like I said, this is a hobby for me, not a business, so I don't need fast prints and I'm not pressed for time, even though it's nice I can do that with this printer, but maybe that's why people complain about clogging, if they're trying to run faster than the filament can handle. I have included two pictures to try and show off how nice this stuff prints, at least the best I can. On my X-Smart 3, bed adhesion is perfect. I do a dawn soap and hot water wash on the build plate before each print though, no rubbing alcohol is ever used for cleaning, and a good z-offset calibration. In the two prints I've done so far, adhesion was never a problem and it stuck to the plate solidly and popped right off once cooled, like normal PLA would, and the first layer went down butter smooth with no gaps. As a bonus, this stuff smells great while coming off the hot end. Almost like a campfire smell, just not as overbearing and eye watering like a real fire. So I can say I know there's definitely wood embedded in the filament. I do intend on sanding and staining this so I may update this review at a later time when my first project with this stuff is done printing, but to sum it up, I highly recommend this particular wood filament from Hatchbox and don't be scared to run it with a 0.4 nozzle even if other people are having problems, but again, I'm using a ruby tipped brass nozzle, so I'm not sure how a normal brass nozzle will hold up to this and I'm not sure how hardened steel quality will be since you're going into new territory as far as slicer settings with hardened steel (temperatures, retraction, etc.). Just keep your temps lower than normal as this stuff will ooze a bit at the higher end, but at 190, I have no stringing or oozing, keep your speed respectable and watch your retractions. I definitey plan on buying more at a later point and I can safely recommend this brand as Hatchbox is know for quality filaments, and this is no exception.

Imprimí una torre de temperatura y observé que la mejor es 185 ºC, Uso la impresora CR-10 y no utilizo nada diferente salvo la cinta azul para mejorar la adherencia, y pegamento en barra para papel, a 55 ºC y adhiere perfecto, incluso se dificulta la remoción del objeto. No cambié la boquilla de extrusión, que es de 0.4 mm, y no tuve problemas de obstrucción en una impresión grande de 32 hrs, de la cual adjunto la imagen. Luce muy bien como madera, pues tiene un acabado mate, es muy diferente a un PLA color café, pues la sensación del objeto con este filamento no es de plástico, sin embargo, es menos resistente que el PLA común, hay que tener cuidado con las piezas impresas, lo recomiendo solo para lo ornamental.

This Hatchbox product has upwards of 40% wood fibers within the filament. It prints so nicely as is, but once sanded, it can be stained and the look is fantastic! Like my other Hatchbox filament, it meets the specs for quality as Prusament PLA. Use this WOOD filament to make those baskets, bowls, vases, picture frames, and many other things with a "real" wood look and feel!