— Tools
Four tools for the workshop.
Check that a printer can handle a filament, work out what a part costs, find the speed your hotend can really keep up with, and set up drying for a spool. Everything is computed in your browser, from the data in our comparison tables and guides.
Printer and filament,
a match?
Pick a printer or a filament: what works, what needs precautions, what isn't recommended. Nozzle, bed, enclosure, hardened nozzle: every verdict comes with its reason.
What a print costs.
Filament and electricity for a part, from the weight and time your slicer shows. The price per kilo fills in from the filament you pick.
The speed your hotend keeps up with.
The volumetric flow your settings ask for, compared with what your hotend can melt, and the maximum speed to set in the slicer.
Drying a spool.
Drying temperature and time for your filament, what your dryer can reach, and the humidity to aim for in the storage box.
These are ballpark figures: your filament's datasheet and your own tests remain the reference. The values come from the filament comparator, the printer comparator, the slicing guide and the humidity guide. A value looks wrong? Write to us.