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Topic: How do you feed non-XYZ-filament to a Jr?

Thanks to information on these boards I can now reset filament RFID tags. I have non-XYZ-filament and would like to feed it to my Da Vinci Jr. The difficulty is that the reel is too large to fit in the 3d printer. I was wondering what others do. For example, do you wind the non-XYZ-filament on to an XYZ reel? I am worried about snags as it travels from the XYZ reel to the extruder. Is this an issue? Alternatively, one could use the non-XYZ reel as is and feed through a hole in the left side of the Jr's case. What have people found to work?

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Re: How do you feed non-XYZ-filament to a Jr?

You make a spool holder that sits near or is mounted to the Jr. then feed the filament through the existing feed port.

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Re: How do you feed non-XYZ-filament to a Jr?

robbertob,

I just saw this post. I have a JR myself and I use https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1461527 to hold my filament spools. It works great . I also created a spool liner for the spools that have exceptionally large center holes in them. Let me know if you run into this issue and I will put it up on Thiniverse also. I also use https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1920582 to hold my tags. You may just want to continue using the white inner spool XYZ provided which also works.

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Re: How do you feed non-XYZ-filament to a Jr?

Thanks for the information.

My next question is what is the best method of making a hole in the side panel. Heat? Drilling?

Cheers.

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Re: How do you feed non-XYZ-filament to a Jr?

robbetrob wrote:

Thanks for the information.

My next question is what is the best method of making a hole in the side panel. Heat? Drilling?

Cheers.



I drilled mine and I use a piece 1/4" diameter plastic tube through the hole for my filament, keeps it from binding.

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Re: How do you feed non-XYZ-filament to a Jr?

robbetrob wrote:

...I was wondering what others do. For example, do you wind the non-XYZ-filament on to an XYZ reel? I am worried about snags as it travels from the XYZ reel to the extruder....

I use the spool holder in the below link, sitting on the ground next to the printer and print through a hole in the side that has a custom designed feed tube I printed, but I originally just had a 5/8" hole and the filament passed through that without snagging. I used a step drill bit to cut the hole.

Holder: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2221639/#comments

Drill bit: https://www.harborfreight.com/2-piece-t … 96275.html

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Re: How do you feed non-XYZ-filament to a Jr?

Thanks for the suggestions. I now have an external spool holder and inspired by Bozo's suggestion (and my own fear of trying to take a drill to the side panel) fed the filament in through a piece of plastic tube. Using a meter of PTFE tube meant I could feed the filament in through an existing hole in the top. I have now done around 20 hours or printing with the new set-up so am confident it works.

Thanks again.