2017-12-12, 04:19 PM
Hi ChuckP,
I re-read what you said, and I wanted to ask about "...the extruder is feeding filament far faster than it comes out...". Does this seem to mean that the filament is slipping as the extruder stepper motor tries to drive it into the hot end? Obviously, if that's the case, you can try to ensure that the bearing is squeezing the filament tightly enough up against the drive pulley.
Also, I saw that it can appear that there is too little plastic coming out if your slicer settings do not match your filament size. You likely are using 1.75 mm filament, but the slicer settings could have been changed to a higher number.
Just guessing at this point
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Let us know what you've been able to try.
Stan
I re-read what you said, and I wanted to ask about "...the extruder is feeding filament far faster than it comes out...". Does this seem to mean that the filament is slipping as the extruder stepper motor tries to drive it into the hot end? Obviously, if that's the case, you can try to ensure that the bearing is squeezing the filament tightly enough up against the drive pulley.
Also, I saw that it can appear that there is too little plastic coming out if your slicer settings do not match your filament size. You likely are using 1.75 mm filament, but the slicer settings could have been changed to a higher number.
Just guessing at this point
.Let us know what you've been able to try.
Stan