What 3d printer to get?

[themountain]

I just threw that up as an example, but it is just a mock up part anyway "thumbsup"

I use 100% infill on almost everything that ends up on an rig

aah...I see "thumbsup"

 

[k7zpj]

I was curious about how much filament on a 1 KG roll so did a little math with the "Sliced Info" shown at the bottom right of the slicing screen. Based on the amount of filament estimated to be used in M (meters) and the estimated weight in G (grams), I figure there is about 1,100 meters on a 1 KG roll (that's over 3,300 feet for the metric challenged out there).

Here is a link to a calculator for determining the length of filament for different types of plastic and diameters of filament.
https://rigid.ink/blogs/news/how-many-meters-of-filament-on-a-spool

A typical roll of 1.75mm diameter pla is 335.3 meters / Kg.

 

[nightcrawler48]

Here is a link to a calculator for determining the length of filament for different types of plastic and diameters of filament.
https://rigid.ink/blogs/news/how-many-meters-of-filament-on-a-spool

A typical roll of 1.75mm diameter pla is 335.3 meters / Kg.

Interesting, my math is way out to lunch.

I did a random check of different gcode files and re-calculating I got a huge difference using the length vs weight calculation on each file. The number that seems to be consistent is the grams/cubic centimeter. It would seem Prusa has that calculated pretty good but needs to work on the length of material used per print. Thanks for getting me sorted out k7zpj "thumbsup".

I'll see if I can edit my previous post so I'm not leading anyone astray with my goofed up numbers.