Re: Filastruder Kit Gallery - Pictures of Filastruders in the wild!
Improvised hopper. No time to print one.
Update, now mounted up.
51 2013-10-13 02:12:08 (edited by foofoodog 2013-10-19 13:48:32)
Re: Filastruder Kit Gallery - Pictures of Filastruders in the wild!
Here's my rig...
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Tried to post my Filastruder, but the forum won't let me post any links 
I'm guessing it's because I just registered? If there is an individual out there who is reading this message and has certain powers that enable one to perform such function, put your powers to good use.
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malek1979m wrote:
Tried to post my Filastruder, but the forum won't let me post any links
I'm guessing it's because I just registered? If there is an individual out there who is reading this message and has certain powers that enable one to perform such function, put your powers to good use.
You need 5-10 posts, it's anti spam. I think you can attach them, possibly?
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elmoret wrote:
You need 5-10 posts, it's anti spam. I think you can attach them, possibly?
Oh I see... so let me get this straight...
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elmoret wrote:
You need 5-10 posts, it's anti spam. I think you can attach them, possibly?
So what you're saying is this...
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elmoret wrote:
You need 5-10 posts, it's anti spam. I think you can attach them, possibly?
That I have to post 5-10 posts before I can post links...
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elmoret wrote:
You need 5-10 posts, it's anti spam. I think you can attach them, possibly?
So to recapitulate... I must post 5-10 posts before I can post links... Got it!
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Furthermore, I couldn't find any button that allows me to attach a file.
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I thought you should know that.
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Re: Filastruder Kit Gallery - Pictures of Filastruders in the wild!
malek1979m, thank you for demonstrating how the anti spam works.
Oh nice build also, how is your output?
Ralph
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Ralphxyz wrote:
malek1979m, thank you for demonstrating how the anti spam works.
Oh nice build also, how is your output?
Ralph
Thanks! Initially these were my results:
But after cutting the extra 2" off the base past the filament guide block and made room for the filament to flow freely, here are my results:
Still having an issue with the filament once it hits the ground randomly, it occasionally tends to hit at certain angles causing the currently extruding filament to bend randomly, so I don't know if there is a strategy to prevent that.
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" it occasionally tends to hit at certain angles causing the currently extruding filament to bend randomly, so I don't know if there is a strategy to prevent that."
Not knowing what I am talking about since I still do not have my QU-BD RPM printer, to make my funnel, I'd say that you probable need to cool the filament more. If it is doing anything but coiling I'd guess that it is still soft.
Ralph
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You can't cool it more. You will always have .5-1 inches of hot filament, no matter how much airflow you apply.
He's using 3mm filament, he needs to extrude from higher up so hitting the ground applies less force at the nozzle.
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Brilliant! He'll try that. I mean I'll try that.
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Ralphxyz wrote:
" it occasionally tends to hit at certain angles causing the currently extruding filament to bend randomly, so I don't know if there is a strategy to prevent that."
Not knowing what I am talking about since I still do not have my QU-BD RPM printer, to make my funnel, I'd say that you probable need to cool the filament more. If it is doing anything but coiling I'd guess that it is still soft.
Ralph
The problem isn't that the filament that hits the ground is soft - it's that the filament right out of the nozzle is soft, and the filament hitting the ground causes the stiff filament to wiggle, causing the filament near the nozzle to stretch in whatever direction the filament chooses to go in.
I've not had time to play with filament extrusion for a few months (three kids, holidays, etc.) but I plan on putting the filastruder high up on a wall, hanging straight down, which I hope will allow the filament plenty of room to work out wiggles. If that doesn't work, I'm thinking of putting a tube a foot from the nozzle, so that at least the filament can't jerk side-to-size. I suspect that the real answer is the filament winder, at which point the whole system will be self-contained, and I won't have the randomness of the filament hitting the floor, etc., causing me trouble.
I still have no idea how others are making such nice, smooth filament...
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I just got a kit from my wife for Xmas, and am running it through the clean-out process now.
I made some mods including a printed fan holder, and routed and stained some oak wood to make a nicer looking base. I drilled a first nozzle hole a fraction too large but was able to plug it up with a screw from the inside and drill a second hole that seems to be working perfectly.
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tealvince, would you share your funnel .STLs?
Thanks,
Ralph
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Ralphxyz wrote:
tealvince, would you share your funnel .STLs?
Thanks,
Ralph
Sure. I just posted both the cup (most recent version with sloped insides) and the fan mount to thingiverse:
Re: Filastruder Kit Gallery - Pictures of Filastruders in the wild!
Filastruder #789...
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alan667 wrote:
Filastruder #789...
This is assembled incorrectly. Do not run it like this!
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Which part is wrong?
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Spacers and thrust plate. I'll explain more in the morning when I'm not laying in bed on my phone.
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elmoret wrote:
Spacers and thrust plate. I'll explain more in the morning when I'm not laying in bed on my phone.
On a computer now. Two things wrong:
1.) The laser cut plate alone is not strong enough to handle the cyclic loading. You need the second flange backing it up.
2.) Only one set of spacers are to be used between the thrust plate and upright. The second is to be used if the thread on the bolts are not long enough.
Here's a picture:
The bolts can face either direction, that doesn't matter (though I put them through the other way, personally)