Hello!
As the title says, can the printer use carbon fiber reinforced PLA filament?
Like this: https://www.matterhackers.com/store/3d-printer-filament?t=Carbon%20Fiber%20Reinforced%20PLA
I’m printing quadcopter frames and would like to have a little bit more rigidity.
Hi,
Printing materials with additives is always a bit risky, as you have a greater risk of clogging your nozzle or damaging your nozzle over time due to the abrasive properties of the added material(s).
That said, we have no idea how big the particle size is on that filament (your nozzle opening is 0.35mm so anything over 0.2 is a bit risky…) and the general printability…
Ok
So if I try it I’ll do it on my own risk
I have tried this filament and it works great 
perfect result!
carbon filled filaments will cause rapid and significant damage to standard nozzles
I replaced the nozzle about 4-5 times pr. roll of filament.
E3d has made a nice analysis about carbon fibre fillaments and brass nozzles here’s a link to the article.
The nozzles advertised are not compatible with the stock k8400 printhead btw.
Kind regards
JeAfKe
@ Velleman
Is it possible to have the technical drawing of the nozzle 0.35 as I like to make a SS nozzle
this will hold longer for the special filaments.
I wonder what kind of toolset you have in your garage 
Kind regards
JeAfKe
If you find a source for hardened or SS nozzle in the original design please let me know. I*m looking since a long time for such parts, without success up to now.
I have some carbon filled material on my desk, still not tested due to abrasion issue for the brass nozzles.
[quote=“jeafke”]I wonder what kind of toolset you have in your garage
Kind regards
JeAfKe[/quote]
@ work we have some nice cnc tooling, waterjet, lathe, milling, w-EDM, grinding
and also conventionals.