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by Teslaismycopilot
Sat Dec 20, 2014 4:34 pm
Forum: ORION
Topic: Feeder keeps breaking filament
Replies: 14
Views: 13757

Re: Feeder keeps breaking filament

The retraction seems to have worked like a charm! I have more spiderwebbing but that is an acceptable outcome compared to full failure.

Thanks a lot for the help!
by Teslaismycopilot
Sat Dec 20, 2014 2:55 pm
Forum: ORION
Topic: Feeder keeps breaking filament
Replies: 14
Views: 13757

Re: Feeder keeps breaking filament

I see, so is there any way to mitigate the grinding? Switching to another PLA or maybe some setting I could try?
by Teslaismycopilot
Sat Dec 20, 2014 1:35 pm
Forum: ORION
Topic: Feeder keeps breaking filament
Replies: 14
Views: 13757

Re: Feeder keeps breaking filament

Thanks for the suggestion. I'll give it a try and report back
by Teslaismycopilot
Sat Dec 20, 2014 1:20 pm
Forum: ORION
Topic: Feeder keeps breaking filament
Replies: 14
Views: 13757

Re: Feeder keeps breaking filament

All the hardware is the stock hardware that came with the device. Manual rertaction speed is 30 mm/s Print speed is at 100% Diameter is 0.5 mm retraction length is 7mm lift z is 0.2 mm speed is 80 mm/s minimum travel after retraction is 3mm I'm using the stock OrionPLA settings that I downloaded ...
by Teslaismycopilot
Sat Dec 20, 2014 1:01 pm
Forum: ORION
Topic: Feeder keeps breaking filament
Replies: 14
Views: 13757

Re: Feeder keeps breaking filament

So I may have been wrong about my issues. It's not about print time but more about WHAT I'm printing. At any stage where it has to extrude for a fine detail, retract, move, then extrude again that is where the filament stops moving forward and the gears just appear to turn. Here's an image of what I ...
by Teslaismycopilot
Fri Dec 19, 2014 10:55 pm
Forum: ORION
Topic: Feeder keeps breaking filament
Replies: 14
Views: 13757

Feeder keeps breaking filament

Hello everyone. It's my first post and of course it is a problem post. So for whatever reason I will have a print fail and it will look like a clog or jam, the filament stops coming out the hotend. I will remove the bowden tube and try to feed the filament only to find it still doesn't move even ...

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