1 Topic by satman49

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Topic: using filament from filastruder as its produced

I have odd question. Since it has been said the Filastruder can produce filament faster than a printer can consume it,would it be possible to do that? If so wouldn't that make it possible to make and use multicolor filament on the fly?

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2 Reply by n2ri

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Re: using filament from filastruder as its produced

well thats a ton of calulations to figure when to feed how much of each color into filastruder hopper. LOL be easier to buy the filament splicer tool sold online and linked in other topics which was used to do that

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3 Reply by elmoret

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Re: using filament from filastruder as its produced

Putting color in the hopper is not the problem.

The problem is twofold:

1.) Getting the speed of the Filastruder to match the speed of the printer. This would be nearly impossible.
2.) Startup of the Filastruder - you need 30 minutes to let the plastic melt evenly, and then the first foot or two is unusable. Not a big deal if you're cranking out a spool, kind of a big deal if its a single print.

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