[ Closed ] Filament Extruder - Convert pellets to filament (Page 44 of 58)

Okay here's the concept, I have one empty that I was going to send to Tim.  I noticed it was 2 plastic endcaps with a cardboard tube center.  I figured I'd grab a couple empty toilet paper rolls, design an endcap and see what happened.  The thing is that the cardboard only matters on the first wrap, after that the filament takes all the pressure.  I had enough filament on a spool of black to just cover the TP roll once, and it's completely strong.  The only thing I'm not satisfied with it that it's still a 20-30 minute print depending on what you set your speed.  Some of you may get it done faster but I use pretty conservative speeds on my printing.  I tried another design with ribs pictured to cut down base layers and keep the strength but it needs more work, it's too flimsy, but the original STL is posted which works well.  I'm sure you could fit 1kg on there easy.  Tim I'm going to send you mine so you can see if it's worth trying.

2 ends (printed) 1 roll (not sure if TP roll inner diameters are standard, check yours against the STL to be sure

Assembled with one wrap, takes a strong squeeze to even flex it

This was a concept to reduce flat layers to decrease print time, has merit but need to extend ribs around inner and outer diameter as well.

You'll reach your goal in the next 15 minutes already.  Congrats Tim, glad your hard work is really paying off.

Nope! That's one of the big reasons for kit vs. assembled. Kits fit in a $11 flat rate shipping box, the enclosure won't. I worked hard to get the fully assembled version down to fitting in a flat rate box, but I can't do it while still maintaining good L/D ratio.

Wow I didnt even get a chance to get a Kit that filled up quick Congrats!

i orderd one of the larger kits shrug grats man

and just to let you know your project is the talk in the defcad.org chatroom

WOW Tim
All the early stuff went fast. I got in on one of the $200 kit. Thanks again for all the work you and the beta guys put in.

Rodney

Congrats.

Disappointingly I was asleep while that happened, and I really wanted a kit, not fully assembled as I'm in the UK so it puts the price out of my budget.

Will you be releasing full plans as open source?

I'm not sure I can wait till after this round of fulfilment to get a kit.  (Or can you add more kits)

Craig

Good one, thanks.

Have a good rest, you deserve it...

the pledge to beat is 32330$ of the filabot.. more than half the path is made... .. in one day

LOL no more kit left... :-(

Congrats Tim!

Lots to respond to! Here goes.

Thanks! Your feedback has been tremendous through this. Maybe I'll toss some filament in or box or something

We'll be releasing more kits today at around 4pm EST. Wanted to take some time to be sure the path forward was the way to go, and things didnt become too fragmented or the workload too great.

Thanks! This has far exceeded our expectations, though we did discuss the possibility of such an outcome and prepare accordingly.

Thanks! Good things I hope!

Thank you!

The thanks really go to the beta guys - without their feedback and support, it would have been much harder to get to where we are today.

Thanks!

Releasing more kits today at 4pm EST. We should be able to fulfill the next batch sooner than we state (ship date estimate will be June for the next round of kits), but no promises.

We will see! One thing I can say is that I'm thankful my design doesn't need any plasma cutting or welding.

Thank you, and thanks for your work towards Lawsy's MK4 retainer setup! I use it daily, works great!

More kits soon! 4pm EST!

Thanks! More kits soon!

Thank you!

It's gonna be a wild ride, thanks to everyone who helped get us here!