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Mike C
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Printing supports in PC blend Carbon Fiber?

I have a stock MK3S and have bought some Prusament PC blend carbon fiber filament for a particular project. How is printing supports with this filament? I haven't been able to find any information on this. Is this filament suitable for printing with supports?

Posted : 07/10/2023 7:08 am
Walter Layher
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RE: Printing supports in PC blend Carbon Fiber?

I have printed some small parts that needed supports with that material. I used organic supports and they came off very easily and cleanly.

Posted : 07/10/2023 10:04 am
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Mike C
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Topic starter answered:
RE: Printing supports in PC blend Carbon Fiber?

Thanks, that's good news.

Posted : 08/10/2023 8:59 am
FoxRun3D
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RE: Printing supports in PC blend Carbon Fiber?

My experience is different from Walter's. I've printed all the plastic parts of a LACK enclosure with PC-CF (to match the printer for which I've used PC-CF parts). I felt that the supports were more difficult to remove than PETG (same settings for supports). Also, on this and other projects I found PC-CF's bridging behavior to be significantly worse than PETG or PLA. But hey, aside from the bridges, PC-CF looks absolutely gorgeous 🙂

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Posted : 09/10/2023 7:43 pm
Walter Layher
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I guess it depends on the model. I printed this LoveBoard Cover With Nozzle Swap Hinge, the version with the integrated X-Carriage back and the hinge part needs supports.

Also this model here:


And I absolutely agree on the statement about the gorgeous look of the parts! 🙂

Posted : 10/10/2023 7:43 am
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