<![CDATA[SoliForum - 3D Printing Community — Methods to collect the extruded filament as ready for printing]]> 2013-08-15T06:31:58Z PunBB https://www.soliforum.com/topic/3542/methods-to-collect-the-extruded-filament-as-ready-for-printing/ <![CDATA[Re: Methods to collect the extruded filament as ready for printing]]> elmoret wrote:
Ralphxyz wrote:

Has this been said before??

I think I remember something "suggesting" a wiper but never so definitively expressed.

Ralph

Not said by me. It is not filastruder specific advice, it is general 3D printing advice.

http://www.soliforum.com/post/32713/#p32713

It's also recommended by others in the broader RepRap community.  for example nophead has included a variation on his Mendel90 design.  - http://hydraraptor.blogspot.co.uk/

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/1188/ 2013-08-15T06:31:58Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/33027/#p33027 <![CDATA[Re: Methods to collect the extruded filament as ready for printing]]> Ralphxyz wrote:

Has this been said before??

I think I remember something "suggesting" a wiper but never so definitively expressed.

Ralph

Not said by me. It is not filastruder specific advice, it is general 3D printing advice.

http://www.soliforum.com/post/32713/#p32713

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/221/ 2013-08-14T21:34:06Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/32964/#p32964 <![CDATA[Re: Methods to collect the extruded filament as ready for printing]]> elmoret wrote:

You can hold a microfiber cloth in the hand guiding the filament if you want, or just use a filament wiper like this on your printer:

http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:44781

You should already be using something like that anyway.

Has this been said before??

I think I remember something "suggesting" a wiper but never so definitively expressed.

Ralph

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/1424/ 2013-08-14T21:29:29Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/32963/#p32963 <![CDATA[Re: Methods to collect the extruded filament as ready for printing]]> CornGolem wrote:

Which video was that ? I only see a glimpse on the main page's video.

Would a tripod help ?
What about clearing dust ?

Yeah, there's just a glimpse. I could record a video if you like, but it'd just be more of what was in the main video. Not sure why you'd need a tripod.

You can hold a microfiber cloth in the hand guiding the filament if you want, or just use a filament wiper like this on your printer:

http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:44781

You should already be using something like that anyway.

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/221/ 2013-08-14T14:12:39Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/32916/#p32916 <![CDATA[Re: Methods to collect the extruded filament as ready for printing]]> Which video was that ? I only see a glimpse on the main page's video.

Would a tripod help ?
What about clearing dust ?

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/2787/ 2013-08-14T13:08:13Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/32897/#p32897 <![CDATA[Re: Methods to collect the extruded filament as ready for printing]]> supraflyer wrote:

I stand near the pile and hold the filament in one hand and wind it on a variable speed drill like Tim recommends. If I go slow enough and hold the filament straight above the pile it uncoils in a manageable fashion as it winds up on the spool. It works good. You need to keep a steady tension on the spool to insure it does not uncoil when printing(minor issue)

Bingo. Just like the Kickstarter video. Start with the end still attached to the Filastruder.

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/221/ 2013-08-14T11:39:33Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/32883/#p32883 <![CDATA[Re: Methods to collect the extruded filament as ready for printing]]> I stand near the pile and hold the filament in one hand and wind it on a variable speed drill like Tim recommends. If I go slow enough and hold the filament straight above the pile it uncoils in a manageable fashion as it winds up on the spool. It works good. You need to keep a steady tension on the spool to insure it does not uncoil when printing(minor issue)

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/99/ 2013-08-14T08:42:42Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/32872/#p32872 <![CDATA[Methods to collect the extruded filament as ready for printing]]> Since we don't have yet a device to roll up the filament on a spool as it is extruded, to use it in a 3D printer we have to wait for it to be all extruded and then manually/mechanically roll it up.
The problem I see is that after extrusion the filament falls down as messy    circles and if you pull on one end you get some kinds of knots, one circle crossing another or a loop twisted at its base.
I thought that placing a big cone or a tripod would make the filament fall in an ordered fashion, but I'm not sure.

What solutions have you found ?

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/2787/ 2013-08-14T02:57:27Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/32860/#p32860