I opened up a relatively new spool (sitting on the shelf for 2ish months) of white 3mm Lulzbot PLA and started trying to do a couple prints but I’m running into an issue with the brittleness of the filament. The filament will snap in multiple locations at the start and in the middle of prints. So far I’ve had the filament snap and the ripple cause multiple snap points through the entire guide tube, similar to what you would expect from a spaghetti snapping. I am constantly getting snaps right at the entrance to the hobble bot, and some times get snaps at the entrance of the guide tube from the spool side. I saw a video where someone through the spool in some warm water to get the plastic to relax, but that doesn’t seem like a good idea to me. Any suggestions or do I just have a bad spool from Lulzbot?
Is it the eSun or Village plastics brand? I have never used the Village Plastics brand but eSun is a little more brittle on the spool than other more expensive brands I use. I have had great print results from the eSun, however. There is a reason some brands are more expensive than others. The reason is higher quality material.
It’s ESUN - I did a print with some Blue Lulzbot ESUN plastic and didn’t have nearly as many issues. I also didn’t know there were two kinds of Lulzbot plastic vendors. How much more is Village?
