There's a contest going on for anyone who wants to take on the pellet to filament conversion:
http://hackaday.com/2012/05/22/win-40000-for-squirting-plastic-out-of-a-nozzle/ I have heard that the different providers have their own recipe for the filament, so it might not be just pure ABS or PLA. DougM On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 9:13 PM, Jeshua Lacock <jes...@3dtopo.com> wrote: > > On Jun 11, 2012, at 5:49 PM, Youda He wrote: > >> At $48 per kilo for material, it is on the expensive side, is there a >> place for cheaper material? > > Yes, I just had that on my list because I figured it was worth starting with > known quality (its made by the people that make the extruder, controller, > etc. for it), and because I am already going to place an order for the other > components I might save on shipping. > > People are selling filament on eBay, and here is a list of some vendors: > > http://reprap.org/wiki/Printing_Material_Suppliers > > No matter what, people are charging a premium for the filament. > > Raw ABS pellets are going for ~$1/pound and PLA is going for about ~$2/pound > from China. So some people in the middle (I guess the people extruding the > filament from the pellets) are making money hand over fist. > > Like most things, I expect the pricing to come down as volume goes up. > > > Cheers, > > Jeshua Lacock > Founder/Engineer > 3DTOPO Incorporated > <http://3DTOPO.com> > Phone: 208.462.4171 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Live Security Virtual Conference > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and > threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions > will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware > threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
