Yea. I tried other extruder a I 3D printed but they were just not as strong.
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Wait… so you have successfully printed with PLA on your replicator 2x??? where are your settings for PLA? my Replicator 2X can’t! as soon as I start a print it might start good, but midway it just stops printing, or skips a layer or two…
Some insight would be awesome, since I haven’t been able to print anything other than ABS with my Replicator 2X… I upgraded the nozzles to a 360 brass base material and plated with TwinClad XT coating… or so the ebay product said… and still no successful print on PLA nor Carbon Fibre… your help would be greatly appreciated
Oh yea. I had that problem the first day I got my
rep 2x haha. For some reason the rep 2x needs oil to print PLA. PLA is a lot more dry so therefore I printed these oil chambers from thingiverse that you slide the PLA into.
Also you would need extra fans to cool the PLA print.
let me find you the links.
That’s awesome! my tries have come out terrible, either too gooey or just simply skips… I don’t have steel nozzles, I have the 360 brass base material and plated with twinclad xt coating… but they’re at .4mm… I have found that Colorfabb XT-CF20 melts at 210 just fine… you can easily push the filament through at 210… but when it prints I used to have the same issue as with PLA… I can see a major difference with the Replicator 2’s and Replicator 2X’s… the metallic feeder tube isn’t as long on the Rep 2 as in the Rep2X… I had a Rep 2 and gave it to my dad when I got the 2X thinking it was a better machine… was sourly disappointed…
But my mind is still boggled at the fact that it needs oil to print… Before I try printing with carbon fibre again, I will make a few more prints on PLA just to make sure it’s 100% now… 
but I will let you know how it all goes Thanks for the settings btw!
No problem! but I love the rep 2x just because it has a heated bed.
I use the rep 2 at school all the time and its just about the same.
I love my 2x over the 2 just because it has extra features. With a little bit of learning it can be a great machine.
true true… but there was no “proper” documentation, which was such a huge learning curve/gap
Also true
So I’ve been somewhat successful after adding the oil, but now it seems the prints are just warping… I never had that issue with PLA before… not on my Replicator 2, or even my reprap… so why now on the Replicator 2x?? I’ve leveled the plate so it’s a tight fit. I’m using blue painter’s tape, I’ve cleaned the surface with nail polish remover (aka low end of acetone)… and for long prints it just warps and unsticks from the tape… should I use the acetone slurry? I thought that was only for ABS… also I don’t heat the bed, since there’s no heated bed on the Replicator 2 and yet it’s successful at printing 5+ hour prints… your ideas on this would greatly be appreciated again
No you don’t need slurry. There are different grades of blue tape.
its like sand paper. You need to get blue tape with a rough surface. Also if you still get curling then I would turn on heated bed to 60. Prevents curles. And also it depends on how much moisture you have in the room. If it’s humid it might curl more.
Not sure how much oil you put but that might also be the problem. My oil chamber has two sections. The top layer is an oiled sponge and the bottom is dried. This way it goes through oil then drys off a bit before printing.
so you placed 2 oil filters just to have one run through a sponge with oil and the other one empty to dry out? that’s clever… but I think I found my problem… I increased my extruding temperature 10 degrees and it seems to be working so far… haven’t tried a more difficult piece but so far so good
Thanks again for the insights!
No problem. Yea there are so many tiny problems that would cause curling. It’s hard to say. What do you print it. I print at 220 with no problem.
Yeah that’s my temp now… I was printing at 210 before… I didn’t want to go all the way to 230 because it’s not makerbot’s filament (too expensive)…
10 months later
Thanks for the tips. They seem to be working wonderfully. Very Helpful - Kyle