EFL Filament Lab

Do You Need a Heated Chamber for Carbon Fiber N...

You dried the spool, set the bed to 100°C, and your PA-CF first layer still peeled off the plate. Or the part printed fine but the corners lifted overnight and...

Do You Need a Heated Chamber for Carbon Fiber N...

You dried the spool, set the bed to 100°C, and your PA-CF first layer still peeled off the plate. Or the part printed fine but the corners lifted overnight and...

0.6mm vs 0.4mm Nozzle for Carbon Fiber Filament...

Clogged nozzle, ground-up filament, a nine-hour print that should have taken five. If you've been printing carbon fiber filament with a 0.4mm nozzle, you've probably hit all three. The filament...

0.6mm vs 0.4mm Nozzle for Carbon Fiber Filament...

Clogged nozzle, ground-up filament, a nine-hour print that should have taken five. If you've been printing carbon fiber filament with a 0.4mm nozzle, you've probably hit all three. The filament...

Creality K2 Plus Review: Is a 350°C Hotend and ...

You don't buy a 350 mm printer to make keychains. If the Creality K2 Plus is on your bench, you want functional parts — brackets, tooling, under-hood pieces — and...

Creality K2 Plus Review: Is a 350°C Hotend and ...

You don't buy a 350 mm printer to make keychains. If the Creality K2 Plus is on your bench, you want functional parts — brackets, tooling, under-hood pieces — and...

PA-CF Stringing: Retraction and Temperature Set...

You dialed in the bed, the chamber, and the first layer, and your carbon fiber nylon part still comes off the plate wrapped in a web of stringing. It's the...

PA-CF Stringing: Retraction and Temperature Set...

You dialed in the bed, the chamber, and the first layer, and your carbon fiber nylon part still comes off the plate wrapped in a web of stringing. It's the...

Annealing Carbon Fiber Nylon: Does Heat Treatin...

You dried the filament, ran a closed chamber, tuned retraction until it was boring. The part comes off the plate looking perfect. Then it spends an afternoon in a hot...

Annealing Carbon Fiber Nylon: Does Heat Treatin...

You dried the filament, ran a closed chamber, tuned retraction until it was boring. The part comes off the plate looking perfect. Then it spends an afternoon in a hot...

QIDI Plus5 Review: A 370°C Hotend That Actually...

You know the situation: a roll of PAHT-CF or PPS-CF sitting in the box, and a printer that tops out at 300°C with no heated chamber. The first layer warps,...

QIDI Plus5 Review: A 370°C Hotend That Actually...

You know the situation: a roll of PAHT-CF or PPS-CF sitting in the box, and a printer that tops out at 300°C with no heated chamber. The first layer warps,...