Printing with hard plastic is nice but what
if you could print with flexible material?
Well now you can, Ninjaflex is a TPE-based
filament with flexible and stretchy properties.
NinjaFlex is a TPE-based material with stretchy
properties.
It's great for wearable projects like this
FLORA wrist band and makes soft sewable diffusers
for NeoPixels-- download these files from
the links in the description.
NinjaFlex is pretty strong stuff, check it
out: this bumper can easy hold 10 pounds of
weight!
It makes a great bumper for your phone: look,
no more brittle broken cases!
To use NinjaFlex filament, your FDM-type desktop
3D printer will need a spring loaded filament
extruder.
Our replicator needed an upgrade from the
original plunger filament loader.
Ninjaflex extrudes well at 225 degrees Celsius
and sticks to most common build plate surfaces
like acrylic, painter's tape, kapton tape
and glassx.
Avoid printing parts that require support
material.
For sturdy parts, the wall thickness should
be at least 2mm.
Complex objects tend to print with extra artifacts
and require clean up.
Remove the excess material with sharp scissors.
For project ideas, check out the 3D printing
section on the Adafruit Learning System.
Also try searching for NinjaFlex on Thingiverse
to see what awesome stuff people are making.
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