[HH] conductive 3d printer filament

[Drew Van Zandt]

Solder has a strong tendency to backmelt and pull away the old connection.



* Drew Van ZandtCam # US2010035593 (M:Agapito Acosta) *


On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 12:59 PM, Greg London <email at greglondon.com> wrote:

>
> 10k Ohms per cm? I didn't notice that. Not good.
>
> Actually, a friend just asked a very good question:
> Why not use *solder* as the conductive filament?
>
>
> > I could design with that as long as everything was slow.  I'd assume you
> > would try to print directly over components, or something like that.
> >
> >
> >
> > *Drew Van Zandt Cam # US2010035593 (M:Agapito Acosta) *
> >
> >
> > On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 10:56 AM, Jon Evans <jon at craftyjon.com> wrote:
> >
> >> 10k Ohms per cm?  Sounds like it would be more useful for ESD shielding
> >> than drawing circuit traces, although I guess it depends on the
> >> circuit...
> >>
> >>
> >> On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 10:41 AM, Greg London
> >> <email at greglondon.com>wrote:
> >>
> >>> I just discovered this.
> >>>
> >>> conductive filament for 3d printers.
> >>> "print your own circuit boards"
> >>>
> >>> http://www.makergeeks.com/co3dfi.html
> >>>
> >>> Cool idea, but if you use heat to melt the filament,
> >>> I'm not sure how you can solder parts to it.
> >>>
> >>> conductive glue?
> >>>
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