Timeline for Keeping my filament spools from getting knotted?
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| Oct 8, 2016 at 19:43 | comment | added | BrainSlugs83 | Yeah, my spools can rotate freely, but I think I will need a guide, and also I'm going to consider remounting them at a 90 degree angle on the Z axis -- (I'll edit the post to include a picture). -- Is there... like an equivalent of a one way "valve" for filament? -- maybe something that ratchets? -- Like something that, will let me pull the filament off the spool, but if it becomes slack, will not let that slack translate back up to the spool? | |
| Oct 8, 2016 at 8:35 | comment | added | Tom van der Zanden | That's not technically "tangled" - at least, it's not the kind of tangle you can fix by rewrapping spools. I edited my answer. | |
| Oct 8, 2016 at 8:35 | history | edited | Tom van der Zanden | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 8, 2016 at 7:51 | comment | added | BrainSlugs83 | Right, I put the filament through that hole and tie it off when I'm not using it. The problem is during printing is when it becomes tangled. – Especially with a new roll of filament -- because it will always want to come off the spool sideways when printing, and that can create really bad tangles. | |
| Oct 8, 2016 at 6:59 | history | answered | Tom van der Zanden | CC BY-SA 3.0 |