[ Closed ] Filament Extruder - Convert pellets to filament (Page 5 of 58)

This is a very cool project and I'll prolly be down once all the idiosyncrasies get worked out, which it looks like you guys are 98% there.

Regarding printing boxes, this is something I'm doing at the moment and I've found a couple of things:
* Corners always seem to lift unless I'm printing pretty small
* Printing horizontally is way faster than printing vertically

I don't know if this will help with the electronics cover, but if you separate the sides to be assembled after printing, the flat pieces will print much faster and you should have much less corner lift. It does add another step but my finished pieces are turning out better for it.

When you get to the electrical, read the whole section before you start cutting wire.

I've put about 300g of "homemade" filament through my SD, no clogs so far!

Only from ABS pellets so far. I need to pick up a blender from goodwill or something to chop up old parts.

I'm not sure what you mean.

If you want a listing of the parts, you can email me - elmoret at gmail. Buying them all individually costs more than what I've been selling the kits for, and you have to deal with 5 different suppliers.

I'm thinking of taking 4 new beta testers this week. Either way, email me and we'll work something out.

I won't! You're at the top of the list.

They will, yes. It looks like the main alterations are:

better instructions
better hopper model
better electronics enclosure

The cost shouldn't change much. I'm going to wait a few more days for more feedback.

One of my printers hot end simply died, and the other printer has never printed a decent part, so I may be stuck for a while. I will have some time on Saturday, but between the printer problems and the holidays, things will be going slowly here.  I would prefer to wait for a revised set of STLs before I print the hopper and case.

I have the parts printed, all the tools and supplies. Now I just need the time! I hope to sneak the building in-between family holiday events.

Nice! Again, I'm sorry I forgot to put that in the instructions. Even the clear ABS looks ok?

Once I get my Christmas present projects finished I can start using my time on this.  I have 3 days off next week mostly on my own, so I will really be able to dive into it then.

Can you post the STL for the funnel?  I might want to make my own bigger one later, but for now I'd rather focus on assembling.

What about some noise cancelling panels? I've used products like that for building PCs. They're sticky foam sheets, may require some sort of enclosure for the motor though.