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Topic: One Year Sale - 20% off Kit Enclosure, Melt Filters, and E3D hotends

Hi guys,

One year ago, I posted on here on Soliforum about a contraption I'd hacked together in my garage. If you haven't seen it, the first few pages of the thread are a pretty entertaining read:

http://www.soliforum.com/topic/557/fila … -filament/

I can't believe its been a year already. Much has happened - from workbench to Kickstarter to online store. In the last 6 months, almost 1,000 Filastruders have shipped to over 30 countries. People have done some pretty neat things, from conductive carbon impregnated ABS to closed-loop automated winders, with lots of blobs and ramen in between. At least three businesses have been started or grown significantly as a result of Filastruders getting out there in the wild. Pretty neat.

I want to thank you guys - so I've created a discount code for Kit Enclosures, Melt Filters, and E3D hotends. The discount code is "OneYearSale", and it gives you 20% off on the above items. The discount code is good for today only - it expires at midnight. I kept it to just items that I have in stock, ready to ship quickly - it would be a bit questionable to extend this to Filastruder Kits when the lead time is already > 4 weeks. Plus, I wanted to thank existing users in particular, who have been patient along the way. Here's a link to the store: http://www.filastruder.com.

I am excited for the coming months - I'll have a lot more time coming up to get the lead time down to 0, and it sounds like Ian's winder kit is just a few weeks away. This has overall been a great experience, and I want to thank you all for being patient as I learn about running a startup. I'm happy to share what I've learned along the way, if anyone has questions.

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Re: One Year Sale - 20% off Kit Enclosure, Melt Filters, and E3D hotends

Will this also be valid for spare parts? (I think I bent my new E3D's heat-break) sad

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Re: One Year Sale - 20% off Kit Enclosure, Melt Filters, and E3D hotends

I noticed the Filastruder price went up by $10.

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Re: One Year Sale - 20% off Kit Enclosure, Melt Filters, and E3D hotends

Boz wrote:

Will this also be valid for spare parts? (I think I bent my new E3D's heat-break) sad

Nope, just the E3Ds themselves.

parker wrote:

I noticed the Filastruder price went up by $10.

Indeed. Some of the suppliers have raised their prices, and FedEx Freight has nearly doubled their fees for some of the larger shipments coming in. Unfortunately, we had to raise prices $10 to compensate.

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Re: One Year Sale - 20% off Kit Enclosure, Melt Filters, and E3D hotends

Dang, and I just bought the E3D and melt filter... sad

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Wow! I didn't realize you carried E3D hotends now. It's great to finally see a US supplier for these; that dollars-to-euros conversion has been a deal-breaker for me. Any plans to support the bowden-feed version?

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Re: One Year Sale - 20% off Kit Enclosure, Melt Filters, and E3D hotends

dsnettleton wrote:

Wow! I didn't realize you carried E3D hotends now. It's great to finally see a US supplier for these; that dollars-to-euros conversion has been a deal-breaker for me. Any plans to support the bowden-feed version?

I've put an email in to Sanjay about it - I wanted to see what demand was like. There's only been a few people interested, but perhaps I can work something out. Shoot me an email ([email protected]) and I'll notify you if we do.

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Re: One Year Sale - 20% off Kit Enclosure, Melt Filters, and E3D hotends

smile congratulations on the last year!

Thank you for the discount ^_^ (too bad I can't preorder Ian's winder kit tongue)

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Re: One Year Sale - 20% off Kit Enclosure, Melt Filters, and E3D hotends

I have not been able to find a replacement for the thermistor that came faulty and now I tried to look for it at your store but to no avail. Please tell me if I can buy one at eBay and the name for me to be able to try use my filastruder.

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Re: One Year Sale - 20% off Kit Enclosure, Melt Filters, and E3D hotends

Do you mean thermocouple? Happy to send a replacement, all you have to do is send an email ([email protected]). I searched my email for correspondence with you, here is the last email, dated 9/4:

Alex,

That explanation helps a lot! It sounds like there is a problem with either the sensor or the temperature measurement portion of the controller.

The sensor is a k-type thermocouple. Do you have any on hand?

Can you remove the yellow housing from the sensor and inspect for broken wires?

I am guessing the sensor is defective/damaged, but either way we'll get it sorted out.

Tim

You never replied, so I assumed you got it sorted.

Either way, it is a k-type thermocouple.

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Re: One Year Sale - 20% off Kit Enclosure, Melt Filters, and E3D hotends

Hey Tim, quick question... where do I put the 'OneYearSale' code in??? or do I?

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Re: One Year Sale - 20% off Kit Enclosure, Melt Filters, and E3D hotends

There should be a discount code box at checkout.

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Re: One Year Sale - 20% off Kit Enclosure, Melt Filters, and E3D hotends

Got it... Ordered... Thanks smile