# Filament tolerances

**URL:** https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/filament-tolerances/4318
**Category:** Filament
**Created:** [December 13, 2016, 2:42pm UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/filament-tolerances/4318 "2016-12-13T14:42:25Z")
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### Author: ![robajohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5f9b8f/32.png) [@robajohn](https://forum.lulzbot.com/u/robajohn)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2016, 3:43pm UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/filament-tolerances/4318/14 "2016-12-15T15:43:00Z")

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> [@GJG](#):
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> Hi again  
> I don’t know what faying type joints are.  
> I do not wish to distract the flow of this message thread, but  
> How will you be able to have enough surface area on your material for a proper bond strength?  
> Tabs and slots are a pain to design and get fitting perfectly, but I use that type of joint.  
> and What software do you use to create your designs?  
> just wondering

Hey Amigo!

Good questions! Tell ya what, I just went ahead and started a thread in the right place- “Gallery” so lets move this over there! [RC Airplane Project](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/rc-airplane-project/4328/1)

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