3D Printing At 100C | Hackaday

Normally, 3D printing with filament takes temperatures of around 200 °C. However, there are some crafting plastics that melts in hot water at 60 °C. You can buy spools that print at very low temperatures. Some 3D printer pens also use this plastic. [Lost in Tech] The stuff is meant for medical printing, but printing with it proved to be a challenge. Below you can see a video of our results.

The first problem is that most printers don’t want to extrude at low temperatures. You can override this or, if you want to print with this plastic — PCL — you can rebuild the printer firmware. He never got the bridges to print very well, but he did get some prints that came out well.

You may wonder why you should care about this type of plastic. Plastic is safe, according to reports. You might also be interested in a printer with a lower temperature if you print with students. However, it didn’t look like the results were that good. You wonder what filaments you could use if you put in a little extra effort.

The last time this stuff was mentioned, someone had printed bones with it. We are always on a lookout for unusual filaments to play with.