Overture Easy Nylon Strength Test

[@alexcrowder1673]

Overture nylon is my all time favorite filament. I make rc car parts with it too and also threaded carabiners and stuff. Btw, If you anneal at 80c for 3-4 hours it makes it stiffer than the reccomended 70c for 2 hours. Doesn't warp it or anything. It may not make it stronger overall necessarily, im not sure about that, but it definitely makes it stiffer.

[@retrohipster1060]

Yeah, I recently started using it and my mind was blown just how well it prints and just how resilient the prints came out. In particular the layer adhesion is mind blowing to me. :o 99% of the time when things break they do so with no real consistency along layer lines. Like it just breaks and leaves this very uniform cross section, like it is an injection molded part. I just made a belt clip/fast hook for some camera stuff and, when I did the strength testing and impact testing I just couldn't break it really. ^^; Even with a hammer it seemed to hold up. Pretty wild just how strong it actually is.

[@soheilmd]

I cant get it to print well. It just warps crazy and comes lose from the plate. Would you mind to share your settings? I want to use it for rc parts as wel.

[@andrewut7ya511]

Pretty impressive. I just got a roll, about to try it out. Thanks for doing the tests.

[@jackbrown3985]

great video, I was certainly hesitant about investing in a new printing setup, with ventilation and all, but it seems like nylon is worth it, especially at such a low price!

[@Emily-fm7pt]

Maybe you could try putting a weight on one and looking at how it bends? That would allow you to do some math to determine the young's modulus, yield strength and if you did some more tests tensile, and compression strength if you find those and combine that with a bit of statics you could get a pretty good estimate the strength of your designs before printing.

[@alexcrowder1673]

Unfortunately nylon copa's strength varies wildly depending on whether its been annealed, how its been annealed, and how much moisture its absorbed before or after annealing. Its properties are all over the place depending on those factors. Sometimes its brittle, other times it stretches a whole lot. Even after putting it in an rc car, its going to absorb moisture, so it's properties will go through constant changes. Its easily my favorite 3d printing material because of its strength to cost ratio and ease of printing, but it certainly has its faults when it comes to how hydroscopic it is. You could determine it's strength for a particular day, but even a few weeks later, your calculations wouldn't be relevant anymore unless you re-annealed the part. Even here in Phoenix Arizona, where it is legendarily hot and dry, I still have to re-anneal stuff because it absorbs moisture over the course of less than a month just sitting in my house. The texture loses its abrasion resistance and you can feel it soften with the way it starts to grip your fingertips.

[@MatthewsFabrication]

​@alexcrowder1673 Excellent reply & info. Just looking into this material... would you say it's comparable to 98a TPU after Easy Nylon has absorbed all the moisture it can? And months when it's dryer, would the easy nylon naturally get less moisture content? I use 98a TPU for washers... thinking about using Easy Nylon for a counter sunk washer??? Bad idea?

[@chuck2501]

3:28 the PETG didn't break, you slipped, it sprung up and snapped on the rebound.

[@luisfj9]

How do spur gear hold up to this OVERTURE Nylon Filament?

[@tonyhill8300]

I made a complete set of change gears for my old screwcitting lathe, they work excellent!

[@hungryhungryhummer]

I bought a spool and this was not my experience. It was very brittle brand new out of box.

[@stevep6108]

what temps did you use with this brand for that part in the video ? curious i just purchased a roll of this for the same reason u have it - rc parts !!!! the petg is good but brittle for the rc stuff

[@d440rc6]

I did 255°C if remember correctly

[@stevep6108]

@@d440rc6 thanks !! ill try it out when it arrives

[@alexcrowder1673]

I found the parts were considerably stronger when i printed them at 260 vs 255. Thats just my experience though, and the difference was only noticeable without a scale before annealing. After annealing it was less noticeable but still made a difference. Obviously its going to vary from person to person, and some 3d printers are going to fluctuate like crazy anyways at that temp. Sometimes my ender 3 goes from like 256-264 when set at 260. Prints great though! It actually prints better and cleaner than my esun pla+ or overture petg. My tpoimns petg is easily my easiest to print nicely though. That stuff is amazing, obviously not near as strong as overture nylon, but still has great UV resistances for outdoor use, as long as it doesnt require extreme strength. Its only 16 bucks a kilo too and prints like a dream. I was honestly disappointed in overtures petg. I assumed itd be awesome like this overture nylon was. But even at 22 bucks a kilo overture petg was inferior in every way to my much cheaper tpoimns petg. Overture petg printed worse, and it wasnt quite as strong or heat resistant as tpoimns was. I think tpoimns is disappearing though so ill probably be looking for another petg soon. If anyone has any reccomendations in the 15-25 US dollar range let me know.

[@TheMasterizzatore]

hello, in the end, did you use It for RC parts? i want to do the same thing. thanks!

[@d440rc6]

I did, A LOT! Still do, but now I use Nylon Carbon Fiber, it's superior in every way (printing quality, moisture resistance, strength, etc)

[@3dPrintingMillennial]

Did you have to dry it first? I have a box of this that's brand new in the box that has been sitting around since Christmas.

[@d440rc6]

Always in the dryer. This thing gets moisture really fast, and will print badly in no time if not kept dry

[@3dPrintingMillennial]

@@d440rc6 good to know! I'll keep it sealed until I can figure out something to print. Thanks!

[@syberphish]

@@3dPrintingMillennial I use big boxy food dehydrator I got off Amazon 5 years ago, I can fit 6 spools in it at a time. So I dry all my spools then store them in ice chests. Has been working great for me!

[@zoghunter82318]

Holy shit dude, just get to the fucking point...