<![CDATA[SoliForum - 3D Printing Community — 5 second mod - no more tangles]]> https://www.soliforum.com/topic/8548/5-second-mod-no-more-tangles/ Thu, 11 Dec 2014 22:47:28 +0000 PunBB <![CDATA[Re: 5 second mod - no more tangles]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/74887/#p74887 Super news, thanks monk!

]]> Thu, 11 Dec 2014 22:47:28 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/74887/#p74887 <![CDATA[Re: 5 second mod - no more tangles]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/74783/#p74783 grob wrote:

I was thinking of top feed through a bowden tube, then the position of the extruder doesn't affect filament feed. Still needs to pull off the reel, but only at the extruder's pace, never with the y axis! smile

http://www.soliforum.com/topic/6498/ptf … eed-guide/

I've done exactly this, works like a charm.  I shortened up the tubing quite a bit after those pictures.  Now i just went to bowden.  Extruder had no problems turning the reel, nice and smooth.

]]> Thu, 11 Dec 2014 02:56:44 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/74783/#p74783 <![CDATA[Re: 5 second mod - no more tangles]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/74762/#p74762 I was thinking of top feed through a bowden tube, then the position of the extruder doesn't affect filament feed. Still needs to pull off the reel, but only at the extruder's pace, never with the y axis! smile

]]> Thu, 11 Dec 2014 00:19:38 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/74762/#p74762 <![CDATA[Re: 5 second mod - no more tangles]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/74611/#p74611 I had started to design an active filament feed/tensioner but now that I have a working (albeit simple) solution, that project fell a few rungs down on the list.  I still think that would be the ideal - don't rely one the Y stepper or the extruder stepper to turn the spool at all.  Then you can put the spool under tension to avoid unraveling and should get more consistent extrusions (no random forces applied depending on the spool condition).

]]> Wed, 10 Dec 2014 04:28:53 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/74611/#p74611 <![CDATA[Re: 5 second mod - no more tangles]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/74394/#p74394 A fishing weight might work the same way.

]]> Mon, 08 Dec 2014 16:56:20 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/74394/#p74394 <![CDATA[Re: 5 second mod - no more tangles]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/74265/#p74265 I'm working on a wall mount to get the filament off the back of my SD4. Have you ever noticed how much it actually holds up your axes when printing near the front of the printer? The motors have to rotate the spool with them-not good.  A system feeding through the top would solve this, but I likely won't get a chance to set it up and post STLs until January. There are plenty of mounts that will put the spool on your printer's frame but allow it to feed through the top. I would just prefer to have it on the wall--studs are stronger than the Solidoodle frame smile

]]> Sun, 07 Dec 2014 17:03:50 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/74265/#p74265 <![CDATA[Re: 5 second mod - no more tangles]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/74256/#p74256 good idea, thanks!

]]> Sun, 07 Dec 2014 15:07:03 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/74256/#p74256 <![CDATA[5 second mod - no more tangles]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/73546/#p73546 OK.  My 5 minute mod let me down on the 4th spool.  Turns out all I had to do was clip a carabiner to the feed to solve the problem.  Uses gravity to take up the slack so the spool doesn't go haywire.
http://www.soliforum.com/misc.php?action=pun_attachment&amp;item=6933

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