SOlidoodle brand filament problem

Seems to be their problem...used snother and not nearly as brittle SD bang up job again...bums

"All your base are belong to us." SD4 with a RUMBA, supernight PS, 40mm fan on X motor, lawsey carriages with new better tolerance rods, flanged rear bearings, new NEMA 17 with leadscrew on Z-Axis, and e3d v6 with MK5.


Ward and Jago are my heroes

I cut off 10' of their filament and it snapped in 8 spots with little to no pressure...out of the 4 they sent this was only roll in their packaging and with their name on spool. My two main problems I need to fix are when I add project to RH the scaling is way off...that picture above was for an x bracket....about 10x too big it scales them up wrong. The other (depending on what I go to print) the print will start 10-40mm off bed, just start printing mid air....if you can help with either I'll buy ya all the cold beers you want

"All your base are belong to us." SD4 with a RUMBA, supernight PS, 40mm fan on X motor, lawsey carriages with new better tolerance rods, flanged rear bearings, new NEMA 17 with leadscrew on Z-Axis, and e3d v6 with MK5.


Ward and Jago are my heroes

I'd say either moist filament or clogged/semi-clogged nozzle.
Since you say the filament is brittle, likely moist. I've used two SD filament rolls. Not the best (dark points in places) but sure doesn't break easily.

Or maybe they sent you PLA instead of ABS, heard of such mix-ups before.

BTW I see you got an MK2 heater. Does it keep the filament from un-sticking/warping closer to the edges? Mine is lost in shipping.

On the brightside, I had to change some things in my order and substitute parts w others and I told SD anout the brittle spool, guy said hes sending new spool out today...SD doing the right thing, not sure if all the recent bitching and bad press on social media lately is making them change or what but nontheless ill have a new spool. Now what to do w this almost full spool of junk

"All your base are belong to us." SD4 with a RUMBA, supernight PS, 40mm fan on X motor, lawsey carriages with new better tolerance rods, flanged rear bearings, new NEMA 17 with leadscrew on Z-Axis, and e3d v6 with MK5.


Ward and Jago are my heroes

You should go pick up a 625zz bearing and throw the mk5 extruder on there. I guarantee that spool is usable. Might meed some oven time, worst case. You can't do much when you can't adjust the tension easily.

I buy all my ABS from octave. Works great.

Nothing surprising, Solidoodle Support specifically is pretty good generally.

When you get this issue fixed, try printing something at the edges. This thermal images seems pretty disappointing and I don't think at 82C ABS will stick...
http://www.soliforum.com/post/79972/#p79972
Then again I've only heard good things about MK2 so maybe its just a bad version of Mk2 (Mk2 is just a design, many companies make or sell it) or its not an issue in practice.
So yeah, try it out when you get the time. If it sticks and you don't see warping, you're good.
And next step for you will probably be fixing backlash.

As for the brittle spool, don't throw it away yet. Keep it in a dry place and it should eventually release the moisture, if there is any. Some have speeded this up by placing their spools in an oven (don't remember the temp) or dehumidifier.
Then check if it became more elastic.