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Re: Filastruder Kit Gallery - Pictures of Filastruders in the wild!

null@example.com (The Plasticator) — Sun, 07 Mar 2021 17:51:18 +0000

The mod I made today is a vibrator for the hopper. I used an auxiliary battery pack that holds 4 AA batteries I found on Amazon.
I had an old thermostat I removed the mercury switch from and Wired it to an old fan motor that I broke a couple fins off of to unbalance.
I put a hose clamp on the drive socket and it tips the mercury switch every rotation for about 1 second.
Man this is fun stuff!!!

Re: Filastruder Kit Gallery - Pictures of Filastruders in the wild!

null@example.com (The Plasticator) — Sun, 07 Mar 2021 17:44:01 +0000

I changed how the guide pieces on the sensor tray were oriented and I didn't have to babysit so much.
They were curving out at first, I turned them around so the Filament was more contained and this made a huge difference in how smooth and consistent the filament was.

Re: Filastruder Kit Gallery - Pictures of Filastruders in the wild!

null@example.com (The Plasticator) — Sun, 07 Mar 2021 17:36:43 +0000

I finished the cleanout and dried some fresh ABS pellets yesterday.
I installed a piece of fine screen before the nozzle, even though my nozzle is a plain ole stock nozzle before running new pellets.
It is amazing how much better the new stuff looks and feels.
My diameter has been +/- .03 and I am stoked.
Ran some filament thru my Ender 3 pro and it prints beautifully.
I left it running last night and woke a couple hours later to a blob, but I think I know why.
My Filawinder nut that holds spool on backed off a little and stopped the reel from spinning, I installed a washer and a second nut to lock it and it seems fine now.
I had issues at first with the filament moving around a lot as it extruded so I put the top hook from a metal clothes hanger in the fan holes as a guide.

Re: Filastruder Kit Gallery - Pictures of Filastruders in the wild!

null@example.com (The Plasticator) — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 02:49:47 +0000

#413 is online
Got it on ebay as an unopened original kickstarter.
It was sent out 8-8-2013, opend by me 2-20-2021.
It was like a opening a time capsule.
It was as much fun looking and learning about your machines as it was to build my own.
Its churning away on the vintage abs pellets that were sent.
I think my fan is way too high, that's an easy fix.
Have some upgrades in mind, but that's for my next order.

Re: Filastruder Kit Gallery - Pictures of Filastruders in the wild!

null@example.com (MrFlippant) — Wed, 23 Sep 2020 00:02:21 +0000

Mr. Filament is composed of the following:

Filastruder and Filawinder
http://www.filastruder.com
External Electronics Box for Filastruder
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4599566
Fume Extraction system for Filastruder.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4399664
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4545842
Beta version of Erik's (better) Filawinder replacing original. (link to be added when final version released)
Filawinder Wall Mounted Laser Sensor
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4199247
Auger Assisted Hopper for Filastruder
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4386326
Video Showing Current Setup:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqLPLXYwhyE

Re: Filastruder Kit Gallery - Pictures of Filastruders in the wild!

null@example.com (mierendorffplatz) — Wed, 29 Jul 2020 22:58:11 +0000

Hi Sebastian from Berlin reports build of filastruder 4510.

My self designed hopper pipe that shall be used also for recycling material can be found here...

https://www.dropbox.com/s/0luj0i81ps104 … e.zip?dl=0

Re: Filastruder Kit Gallery - Pictures of Filastruders in the wild!

null@example.com (moptop219) — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 04:58:13 +0000

First trials

Decided to add a forward/reverse switch for the motor

Re: Filastruder Kit Gallery - Pictures of Filastruders in the wild!

null@example.com (cristaleriaparque) — Wed, 08 Jan 2020 17:56:27 +0000

Someone who can give me a hand.
Finish assembling the filawinder and the filastruder.
To the filawinder I already took it easy.
But with the filastruder, after a week I still do not give the exact calibration for the pla to 1.75.
Read the manual, and adjust the potentiometers as indicated.
Tested with several temperatures, and nothing I do not give with the solution, the filament is even thinner or thicker, this makes it stretches.
Tested with pellets and recovered remains and does the same in both cases.
I have extruded filament but it is not valid for the printer

Re: Filastruder Kit Gallery - Pictures of Filastruders in the wild!

null@example.com (paulr) — Sat, 16 Mar 2019 22:20:17 +0000

Here is my Filastruder and Filawinder completed today. Will break it in next week when I have time

Re: Filastruder Kit Gallery - Pictures of Filastruders in the wild!

null@example.com (elmoret) — Mon, 09 Jul 2018 17:13:46 +0000

What PDF? I visited that link and lit loads fine.

Re: Filastruder Kit Gallery - Pictures of Filastruders in the wild!

null@example.com (mark.giblin) — Mon, 09 Jul 2018 15:36:58 +0000

elmoret wrote:

http://www.filastruder.com/pages/testimonials

I went to the URL and clicked the PDF link and got an instant 404 error.

I am curoius to know how and the whats and wherefores of this, seems that I already have about 0.5kg of junk prints already...

Any information on the quality of the filament it pushes out, like has the chemistry changed, heating generally alters the chemistry of something, even if it was originally heated to make that item, with each heating cycle, a change takes place.

So how good is this filament to print with?

Re: Filastruder Kit Gallery - Pictures of Filastruders in the wild!

null@example.com (Tharko) — Wed, 25 Apr 2018 15:34:45 +0000

Got my Filastruder (#3284) and Filawinder working this week producing PLA! Definitely a bit more particular about temp/dryness, but it's coming out at a consistent 1.6mm with pretty even color. Once I drill the hole out a little, it should be closer to 1.75mm. Pretty excited about it since I go through a decent amount of filament for my CAD class. Nice kits, easy to put together and good instructions! Thanks!

Re: Filastruder Kit Gallery - Pictures of Filastruders in the wild!

null@example.com (JeremyLGSiegfried) — Mon, 10 Apr 2017 20:39:21 +0000

Well, I got the Filastruder working again, this time at the right diameter and with decent extrusion rate, but thanks to my incompetence at the drill press I poked a hole in the mesh filter, and my intake has way too many contaminants in it, something I never noticed with the mesh filter. No Filastruder clogs, but the filament kept breaking from the sheer size of the contaminants in it.
Aside from that, consistent 1.67-1.75 recycled ABS filament at 195 degrees Celsius. I forgot to measure the actual speed, though.
Soon I'll get the time to take off the nozzle, burn off the plastic, clean it up, pop in the new filter, and start another run.

Re: Filastruder Kit Gallery - Pictures of Filastruders in the wild!

null@example.com (JeremyLGSiegfried) — Sat, 01 Apr 2017 18:35:59 +0000

Finally! Filastruder 2607 is now doing a full-on run with visually consistent filament. Everything is working as far as I can tell.
The material is recycled from green (plus some yellow and blue) print scraps processed with meat grinder, then dried with a food dehydrator, and kept dry with a 1 lb. bag of dessicant in the hopper. Here's the Filastruder, with an "extended" hopper and a vibration motor:

Then the Filawinder with a stronger arm support and a mount for a thickness gauge:

As well as a printed version of the sensor unit, since the original broke:

Now I can start working on making virgin filament with colorant powder, and eventually some composites.

Re: Filastruder Kit Gallery - Pictures of Filastruders in the wild!

null@example.com (Smow) — Thu, 19 Jan 2017 19:57:28 +0000

Yep, I can confirm that the ID for the alternate machined nozzle on mine is .614 (I have two).

that would explain the difficulty with getting it in

As for the auger: the primary shaft has a taper on it (a weld?) which then leads to the actual auger implement. This is where I was having difficulty with getting the collar to the correct length. By-and-by, its solved because I simply allowed a few thousandths of play on the drive sockets and I don't have any issues. I would argue that this could be added to the manual for checking the 'throw' of the thrust bearing, to insure that we are not applying pressure to the gear box.

BTW, so far so good. With out the winder, I am getting 1.77 to 1.80 at 187.7c