3D Printing & Using NASA Space Wrench Here on Earth04:33

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Published on March 13, 2017

I 3D print the wrench designed for the ISS commander Barry Wilmore (AKA. Butch) designed by Made In Space & NASA. This is the first tool 3D printed in space! I use both PLA and colorFabb XT Materials to test there strengths and weaknesses and I was really surprised!

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ColorFabb XT filament is produced from Amphora 3D™ Polymer by Eastman Chemical Company.

Clear amorphous copolyester filament for 3D Printers

Effective Diameter

1.75 mm +/- 0.05 mm

2.85mm+/- 0.05 (will work with any 3mm printer, but awesome for Bowden printers such as Ultimaker)

1 Spool contains min. 750 grams of filament

Processing temperature = 230 – 260 degrees C

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Switching back to PLA or another material is usually done by ‘purging’ the hot-end of _XT material. Heating up the hot-end to 240 C and feeding through new material will purge the hotend of _XT. Another method would be to insert filament manually in the hotend (while hot) and retracting it immediately. _XT will stick to the end of the filament which can then be cut off. Repeat this several times to completely clean out the hot-end. Ensure hot end is completely purged prior to starting prints with the new material.

And what is ColorFabb_XT

The ColorFabb_XT range is a special amorphous copolyester with a Tg of 75 C. So you can use this up to 70 degrees C. Toughness is high. Elongation at break = 50% (yield). In comparison, the normal PLA / PHA range has a elongation of approx 10% at yield, but has very good layer adhesion properties and is a bit softer compared to PLA. Both qualities have minimum warping tendencies.

In addition to this, ColorFabb XT is very transparent and odourless compared to ABS.
More information on this material from Colorfabb

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