Topic: help with the clear petg causing the motor to bog
Got my filastruder set up and started running the ABS through it and it did about half of it fine then I had a family issue and had to basically pull the plug and run. I came back heated it up to 180 and let it sit for 30 min before trying to extrude. When i flipped the motor switch it torqued a bit over and then it then went into stall protection at 1.6 amps. (ended up having to dig the plastic out of the barrel. Once that was doni finished the e I was able to get it to extrude and it would go fine for 10-15 feet worth of filament but then would jamb up and overcurrent.
Now I have 12 lbs of the Clear Petg and I am having the same problem with it. I have tried temps from 180 up to 230 but no mater what I try it stalls out. I even moved the stall current up to 2.0 and same thing (dont want to twist or bend the pipe) I have searched through the forums and tried most of the things others have tried except for drilling out the nozzle. If i load the filament a little bit at a time it extrudes fine but If I put anything in the hopper (20 oz. coke bottle) even just 1 inch into it, it will extrude for a bit then jamb up. Is there anything I can try to get this to extrude without bogging down and having to dig out the filament from the nozzle again?
I checked and lubed the thrust bearing, finally got the auger shaft straight in housing with the gearbox output shaft from a earlier post, and I have the proper 2 mm of clearance with the drive socket internally.
Any help is appreciated I look forward to participating in this forum.
P.S. this is the EASTAR Copolyester 6763