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How do people load filament, prime the printhead, flush out the old filament when changing colors when using a standalone 3D printer?
My printer (IdeaWerk 150) is very basic and doesn't have any options for this from the screen.
I wrote a really simple GCODE file that brings the nozzle up to temperature, then runs the extruder for ...
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What to do if filament spool won't fit in 3D printer
A spool does not need to be inside a printer. Or on. Or even next to.
My Ender 3 pulls his filament in from the rack above it, my TronXY X1 pulls it from about 80 cm to the left of it, where it hangs ...
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Why won't my filament feed through the extruder anymore?
I figured out the issue. I think I was shoving it in the wrong hole.
I took apart my extruder component. There's a good video on it here.
But basically, you just have to loosen the two bottom screws ...
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Hold torque during pause to change filament
Is ADVANCED_PAUSE_FEATURE enabled in your printers configuration_adv.h file?
There is a ...
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How do people load filament, prime the printhead, flush out the old filament when changing colors when using a standalone 3D printer?
RepRap based printers use LCD modules with control button and SD card. You can trigger operations like
nozzle heating (to change filament)
extrude filament
home axis to caliber bed level
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Strange problem with quality, what might be the reason for these bubbles?
It definitely looks like the temperature is too high
but it can also mean that
the speed is too low and/or
the cooling fan is not driven correctly and/or
over extrusion could play a role here
this ...
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Strange problem with quality, what might be the reason for these bubbles?
Looking at the second photograph and the way that the filament switches abruptly from smooth to irregular deposition, I would say that you have a partially clogged nozzle.
Pre-heat the nozzle and ...
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How to unload filament as cleanly as possible using the extruder motor?
There's a bit of a compromise here:
Filament cohesion in the nozzle isn't strong enough to remove all residue at higher temperature
Extruder motors can't get sufficient grip / don't have sufficient ...
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What techniques are needed to minimise layer separation after filament change?
I never had layer separation when changing filament to a different color. Even with three different colors within the same print. Or five layers of two different layers.
Both filaments should be made ...
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How do people load filament, prime the printhead, flush out the old filament when changing colors when using a standalone 3D printer?
I have two different printers that can print un-tethered. The first is a Prusa inspired machine with an LCD and the second is a printrbot without an LCD.
The reprap machine uses a ramps 1.4 board ...
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How do people load filament, prime the printhead, flush out the old filament when changing colors when using a standalone 3D printer?
There are options for tablets. They are running software (for example) on some device that has internal storage, wifi, USB connection etc.
You can buy a new tablet, or reuse your old one just to be a ...
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How do people load filament, prime the printhead, flush out the old filament when changing colors when using a standalone 3D printer?
I know that my RoBo 3D has the ability to run untethered once the gcode file is saved to the SD card attached to the ramps board. It does have to be attached to the computer to start the print at ...
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Hold torque during pause to change filament
I have not tried this, but you could use the M84 S0 command, this prevents the motors to go into an idle state.
From the M84 G-...
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What techniques are needed to minimise layer separation after filament change?
It might be worth a try to manually kick the flow rate setting up 5-10 % and temperature about 5 °C for the first layer after the filament change, then returning to the original settings. Consider ...
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Help with my G-Code to change filament change mid-print
First things first imho: M0 to stop the stamp. I dunno which firmware are you using but it should wait you to press a button on the LCD (Marlin does it). After that it run the gcode to unload and ...
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How do people load filament, prime the printhead, flush out the old filament when changing colors when using a standalone 3D printer?
You don't need a specific menu for this (although some printers are more able than others to do the following procedure), just play with the filament loading procedure.
Although better print ...
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How do people load filament, prime the printhead, flush out the old filament when changing colors when using a standalone 3D printer?
By a pretty large margin, the most popular "primary control via LCD" printers such as the FlashForge Creator line and Makerbot Replicator 1/2/2x run Sailfish firmware, which has options for all ...
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My first attempt at pausing a print and changing filaments resumed from the wrong position -- how do I troubleshoot?
You are out of luck:
Print gcode is written in relative coordinates. If you move the printhead manually, the printer does not know this, and will just follow its relative path from the new position - ...
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What techniques are needed to minimise layer separation after filament change?
Most of your settings will not change with changing filament, if the new filament is the same material and OEM as the old. The main settings to check after changing the filament are the initial z-...
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Unable to load new filament FlashForge Adventurer 3
First thing I'd try is making sure the nozzle is hot enough and carefully try to feed the new filament where it will be pushed - sometimes there's melted filament that just isn't hot enough to flow ...
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What's the best way to pull out fillament from an all metal print head
Cold/Luke-Warm pulling can cause damage and wear to the hot end, and should only be used in cases where you suspect there's a jam in the nozzle.
Pulling the filament out at a few degrees above its ...
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