Topic: Having a couple of issues
I got my filastruder about a week ago and have some things happen that I have not heard of before. Not sure if one is causing the other so I'll just list them.
1) There seems to be pellets falling out the back of auger do to there being a small gap between the black metal thing and wood. (I checked that it is spinning in the correct direction)
2) The white nylon washer seems to be slightly ground against flange, though I have not seen it move at all.
3) There is a pile of black metal particles below thrust bearing. (picture below)
4) The nozzle moves in a periodical circle as the auger turns. The circle is about 1mm in diameter. Could it be a slightly bent auger? (the auger turned freely during assembly)
5) After over 10 hours of extruding there are still plenty of particles, but they are getting fewer in number.
6) The extrusion rate is very low. It is about 8 in. per minute with the provided abs at 190C. (nozzle is 1.75mm) The PID is staying at 190 very consistently.
On the upside it does have very good tolerances and does work otherwise. It would be nice to have these issues sorted though