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Topic: Help wiring my Filastruder Kit?

Dear Soliforum and Filastruder Community,
       I have been working on assembling my Filastruder kit, and I think that I have the mechanical assembly complete. However, I have reached the electrical part and cannot figure out how to wire the Filastruder. I am using the present Filastruder model (#1117) with the Sestos D1S-2R-24 PID Temperature Controller. I have seen other help for other PID models, but not for the current one. If it helps, my PID Temp controller is the one without pin #2. Please help me with diagrams, pictures, or written instructions if you have any help or suggestions. After I get the wiring figured out, I would be willing to create a Fritzing sketch for future troubleshooters. Thanks, icecats

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Re: Help wiring my Filastruder Kit?

There's a wiring diagram and step by step instructions included in the PDF...

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Re: Help wiring my Filastruder Kit?

I am having a little trouble with the Filastruder mechanical assembly with the black nylon standoffs and flanges. Will someone please confirm if the below picture is correct? If it helps, I am using the most recent Filastruder model (#1117). Please help.      Thanks, icecats

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Re: Help wiring my Filastruder Kit?

There's a wiring diagram and step by step instructions included in the PDF...

Wow... I feel so silly, I guess that I never scrolled down. Just to be sure... This is for the model of PID that I described, correct? Thanks so much, icecats

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Re: Help wiring my Filastruder Kit?

Yes.

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6 Reply by icecats (edited by icecats 2014-07-29 16:49:58)

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Re: Help wiring my Filastruder Kit?

Dear Soliforum and Filastruder community,
I am having a fair amount of trouble during the mechanical assembly of the Filastruder. No matter how I position the flanges and bearings, the auger always feels like it cannot slide and turn well. If you have any suggestions, then please help. My Filastruder is # 1117. Thanks, icecats
By the way, below is a picture of my current setup.

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Re: Help wiring my Filastruder Kit?

There's no picture attached. Can the auger slide freely without flanges or bearings? Did you fully deburr the barrel?

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Re: Help wiring my Filastruder Kit?

I have added a photo and video to the original post. The auger seems to slide/turn just fine when it is in the black pipe. However, when I attach the assembly to the wooden upright support, the whole thing feels like it is rubbing. Where exactly are the thrust bearing, nylon white ring, and clamp on the auger supposed to be in relation with the wooden upright. Thanks, icecats

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Re: Help wiring my Filastruder Kit?

That's not quite right, but also fine. Washers go under bolt heads, usually the bolts face the other way.

It is possible that the shaft collar is running against the hole in the wooden upright. Can you check if that's the case?

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Re: Help wiring my Filastruder Kit?

I believe that the collar is rubbing. Should I just sand down the hole? Also, I have seen other parts of the forum talking about compressing the bearing??? Can you please explain this? Thanks for all of the help and support, icecats

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Re: Help wiring my Filastruder Kit?

Sanding down the hole is optional, or you can let the shaft collar wear on it. Usually this means you haven't properly centered the flange over the hole.

Compressing the thrust bearing seems pretty self explanatory to me, I don't know how to better explain it. You need to hold it compressed, pushing the auger towards away from the nozzle end while completing the assembly steps, or else thrust load will end up being transferred to the motor (for which it is not rated).

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12 Reply by icecats (edited by icecats 2014-07-29 22:03:42)

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Re: Help wiring my Filastruder Kit?

How does this look below. The auger can slide back and forth, but I presume that when the Filastruder is extruding the auger slides back, sandwiching the thrust bearing between the rear flange and pressure from extruding... Correct? When I attach the auger to the motor, the auger should be all the way back, correct. Thanks, and please look at the picture below. Thanks, icecats

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Re: Help wiring my Filastruder Kit?

Definitely not right. Will post more soon.

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Re: Help wiring my Filastruder Kit?

At a computer now.

1.) the motor and auger should be lined up (coaxial), not at an angle to each other like they are now.
2.) Set of 4 black spacers between the upright and the thrust flange (look at step 6's picture)
3.) Set of 4 black spacers between the bolt head's washers and the thrust flange (look at step 6's picture)

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Re: Help wiring my Filastruder Kit?

Got it this time... Thanks, icecats

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Lookin' good.

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Re: Help wiring my Filastruder Kit?

Dear Soliforum and Filastruder community,
I have reached the electrical part of building my Filastruder, and was just wondering which components had polarity. Specifically, the motor and heater. Also which outer terminal on he switches does the wiring description refer to? Thanks, icecats

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Re: Help wiring my Filastruder Kit?

The heater is not polar, the motor will change directions, and I am not sure what you mean about the switch. The thermistor does need to be connected properly though and it has a + and - sign on it.

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Re: Help wiring my Filastruder Kit?

How do I tell which tabs to attach wires to the motor to. If I put them backwards, the motor will spin the wrong way, and the Filastruder will work wrong, correct? Thanks, icecats

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Re: Help wiring my Filastruder Kit?

I stripped the wires from the power supply and just wrapped it through the holes in the contacts to test the direction, then I soldered the wires in place. It should say the desired direction in the instructions if I remember correctly, but I build mine a few months ago so I could be mistaken. I just checked my machine and it turns clockwise.

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Re: Help wiring my Filastruder Kit?

Clockwise as viewed from the nozzle, which is stated in the instructions. Fans are marked red/black, rest of the parts don't care.

Also I merged all of your threads together to keep things organized.

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Re: Help wiring my Filastruder Kit?

Thank you elmoret and Revolve 3D. I got my motor turning correctly, and everything wired up. Thanks, icecats