Wood-fill PLA print settings
PLA loaded with wood flour. Sands and stains like timber, and wears nozzles doing it.
Abrasive — hardened nozzle required
Nozzle 190–220 °C
Bed 45–60 °C
Part cooling 80–100 %
Enclosure Not needed
Drying 45 °C for 4 h
Shrinkage ~0.3% — as PLA
Density 1.25 g/cm³
Enclosure: Prints fine in open air.
Bed surface & adhesion
As PLA.
Retraction starting points
Direct drive 0.5–2 mm
Bowden 3–6 mm
Retraction speed 25–45 mm/s
Forgiving — start mid-range and fine-tune with a retraction test tower.
Good for
Decorative pieces — it sands, stains and smells like wood Colour variation: printing hotter darkens the finish Watch out for
Mildly abrasive — hardened nozzle recommended for more than the odd print Wood particles clog 0.4 mm nozzles; 0.6 mm is much safer Weaker and more brittle than plain PLA — decorative, not structural Density swings with wood content — take it from the spool before costing a print Problems this material is prone to
Other filaments
These are widely-published starting points for the generic material, not a specification. Individual spools vary by brand, colour and additive package — always defer to the figures printed on your spool.
Every number on this page is in the app too — next to the calculators that use it, working offline at the printer.
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