Re: Filament Extruder - Convert pellets to filament
DePartedPrinter wrote:elmoret wrote:Well, that answers that! Let me know what needs changed, or I'll play with it once I get my SD back up and running.
I had to bevel the edges so that the nuts could be turned. Also the pressure from the auger is probably going to destroy it fairly soon...the bottom of the sides are starting to split out.
This thing makes filament like crazy!
Ah- yeah, that makes sense. I might just make the whole thing shorter, to clear the nuts.
Did you print it solid? Splitting of the hopper is something I thought I avoided in this design. It was definitely an issue in precious hopper designs. Did you print it solid - 100% infill?
The current hopper I'd been using before I left on travel was a paper towel roll cut and taped. It seemed to work well, but is pretty crude.
Edit: Bummer that the wood split. I might have to move up a grade to get stuff with less knots.
You said it spits out filament like crazy? What temperatures? How many inches per minute?
I didn't print it solid. I should have.
I'm getting 8.5 inches per minute at 193. I haven't went much beyond that yet.
Side note: contamination is really starting to clean up the more I run it.
Filastruder
NYLON (taulman): http://www.soliforum.com/topic/466/nylon/