<![CDATA[SoliForum - 3D Printing Community — Melt filters now available]]> 2016-01-05T07:09:46Z PunBB https://www.soliforum.com/topic/3887/melt-filters-now-available/ <![CDATA[Re: Melt filters now available]]> I think the filastruder is flat out awesome. From what it was in the beginning to now, its great. I finally passed the fight with extruding PLA at the correct diameter and my prints turn out much better than when using mgchemical filament! Good job Tim and Ian. The filawinder, hasn't let me down since I replaced the hall sensor. (had a broken leg and intermittent sensing) After that its been winding away!

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/11745/ 2016-01-05T07:09:46Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/113297/#p113297 <![CDATA[Re: Melt filters now available]]> Rusty bin? I think you're talking about Octave black filament*

*and frankly any other cheap filament producer's black filament.

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/192/ 2014-08-06T01:16:18Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/62231/#p62231 <![CDATA[Re: Melt filters now available]]> Unicorn dust masterbatch would be awesome for making rainbow sparkly filament, but it would probably not be ABS compatible.

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/14/ 2014-08-05T15:39:50Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/62140/#p62140 <![CDATA[Re: Melt filters now available]]> elmoret wrote:
adrian wrote:

Sheeesh Tim; you're just making this up as you go along now aren't you.

Not far from the truth. Luckily there are shoulders of giants to stand on.

Now its your turn to have spoiled an otherwise perfect sarcastic post tongue lol smile

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/663/ 2014-08-05T14:59:24Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/62126/#p62126 <![CDATA[Re: Melt filters now available]]> adrian wrote:

Sheeesh Tim; you're just making this up as you go along now aren't you.

Not far from the truth. Luckily there are shoulders of giants to stand on.

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/221/ 2014-08-05T14:44:29Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/62120/#p62120 <![CDATA[Re: Melt filters now available]]> Sheeesh Tim; you're just making this up as you go along now aren't you.
Industrial machines simply use a rusty basin plug, some stockings as a scrim, unicorn horn dust as lubricant and its all done at room temp. I fail to understand why you've made the filastruder so overtly complicated.

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/663/ 2014-08-05T09:23:44Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/62096/#p62096 <![CDATA[Re: Melt filters now available]]> This is also incorrect. Even industrial machines use a melt filter, in fact that is where I got the idea. A guide at the end doesn't help, because often the pellets themselves have debris/contaminantion in them.

The correct solution is a melt filter. Look at an industrial machine for proof.

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/221/ 2014-08-04T14:05:50Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/62017/#p62017 <![CDATA[Re: Melt filters now available]]> How does filter solves the problem ?
Grinding occurs somewhere creating metal flakes.
What this thing needs is some kind of a guide inside the tube.
If nozzle was metal instead of brass and drillbit had pointy tip at the end, it could be used as a guide. But for some reasons it was cut off. To get it shorter ?

Having such long drillbit pushing filament thru the tiny hole inside very little clearance tube is almost impossible without some kind of a guide at the front end.
Consequences are jammed 0.4mm printer nozzles and ruined prints and worse.

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/6792/ 2014-08-04T08:43:12Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/61988/#p61988 <![CDATA[Re: Melt filters now available]]> So a little while ago, I picked up some really cheap ABS that was labeled "trash", as in it had trash in it. Turns out they weren't kidding - this had shreds of all kinds of stuff, like twigs and whatnot. It wasn't a lot by volume, but definitely visible. I decided to run it anyway, to give the ole melt filter nozzle a challenge. Here's the results, after running all 20 lbs:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1786359/Photo%20Feb%2008%2C%203%2005%2020%20PM.jpg
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1786359/Photo%20Feb%2008%2C%203%2005%2054%20PM.jpg
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1786359/Photo%20Feb%2017%2C%2012%2014%2045%20PM.jpg

The stuff on the towel is only what stuck to the melt filter - most of it ended up in that glob of ABS I peeled off. Then I dropped the melt filter in acetone for a day, and filtered the solution through that towel to show how much debris it blocked from getting in the filament.

I've printed all 20 lbs of it with no clogs. Filastruder output steadily decreased over time, towards the end of the 20lbs I saw about 70% of the normal extrusion speed I expect.

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/221/ 2014-02-17T17:23:54Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/50017/#p50017 <![CDATA[Re: Melt filters now available]]> .5 and .4 no issues. Layer heights as low as  .1 no problems. 3mm filament BTW, don't have any 1.75 filament nozzles or I'd test them too. today's task is rigging water cooling and air drying stations between my testing extruder and winder.

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/3259/ 2013-09-22T17:32:36Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/37005/#p37005 <![CDATA[Re: Melt filters now available]]> Excellent! What size nozzle did you print with?

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/221/ 2013-09-22T12:00:35Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/36989/#p36989 <![CDATA[Re: Melt filters now available]]> got mine installed yesterday, works great, intentional sawdust and sand contamination tests left clean filament and no decrease in speeds. Filament printed with zero issues and no sign of contaminants. I'd say the filters are a success.

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/3259/ 2013-09-22T03:47:01Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/36978/#p36978 <![CDATA[Re: Melt filters now available]]> Got mine installed, everything is extruding just as it was before.

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/1231/ 2013-09-20T22:50:48Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/36921/#p36921 <![CDATA[Re: Melt filters now available]]> Melt filter just showed up. Looks great. Cant wait to it put to use.

*there were a few small pieces of brass still of the inside from where they did the machining.  Probably best to clean this up before using.

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/55/ 2013-09-19T19:00:08Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/36822/#p36822 <![CDATA[Re: Melt filters now available]]> Tim,

Nice design and machining! And of course, mesh cannot be deformed this way.
It is remarquable how you lengthened the threading to have the mesh at right middle place (heating zone and nipple extremity. I guess you tried difference distances!

Sold.

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/2171/ 2013-09-16T09:50:27Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/36474/#p36474