1 (edited by Ggalisky 2014-08-09 05:14:57)

Topic: Filament splicer?

Is this a thing? Has anyone seen one of these around?

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Re: Filament splicer?

LMAO! so is that the 3d printing equivalent to a "sky hook #2, "bag stretcher", Bucket of steam"...?

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No... I am serious! smile

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well my words taste nasty lol. http://www.fuseclamp.com/en/ its costlier than 4 3D pens though

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the youtube link was in a dif post titled changing filament while printing

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not as accurate but more possibilities than a 4 head extruder

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$80? That's crazy!

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in euros and that was if invested in startup. looks like now its about $350 USD

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Ggalisky wrote:

Is this a thing? Has anyone seen one of these around?

I made a post about the fuseclamp in the filament forum. I did kick in the $81.10 to get one (hopefully) because I have hopes that it will do more for me than just prevent me pelletizing filament leftovers to re-extrude.

If you've seen the video, I've never seen anything else that is quite that slick for joining filament... the price seemed reasonable considering the size of the teflon block used.

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If your filament path is fully constrained (ala e3dv6), you can simply feed one piece after the other.

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elmoret wrote:

If your filament path is fully constrained (ala e3dv6), you can simply feed one piece after the other.

I have to try this some time...

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There's this thing:

Basically just a grooved Al block, thermistor, and a heating resistor.

richrap.blogspot.co.uk/2011/06/multicolour-3d-prints-and-3mm-filament.html
thingiverse.com/thing:9850

Should be pretty trivial to work up if you have an old stock SD hotend lying around.

The links are a little DIY, too...I really should post more. Meh.