How much filament?

[SFX Group]

Hi

I have never 3D printed before, i have a model and it says "218653.00mm" of filament needed, so how much do you get on a spool (which is either 1 or 2 pounds)?

[Mac The Knife]

roughly 400,000 mm of ABS on a 1 Kg spool, 330,000 mm of PLA.

[SFX Group]

roughly 400,000 mm of ABS on a 1 Kg spool, 330,000 mm of PLA.

Thanks

This is going to eat through filament then.... handy to know.

Will the printer stop and wait for a re-load or will i need to hope i have enough?
Rostock MAX v2, what does this printer do when it runs out of filament?

[bot]

The printer just keeps going, it has no idea if you have filament or spaghetti running through it. By running the print from host software with the printer connected to a PC, the print can be paused, and filament reloaded manually. You could also manually split the g-code file into two separate parts where you estimate a reload will be needed.

[SFX Group]

The printer just keeps going, it has no idea if you have filament or spaghetti running through it. By running the print from host software with the printer connected to a PC, the print can be paused, and filament reloaded manually. You could also manually split the g-code file into two separate parts where you estimate a reload will be needed.

That sounds like a plan (pausing the printer), is there any filament splicing tool?

I assume if you pause and reload, is there a chance your get a "missed" gap or is the filament under pressure so any gaps will be pushed out by filament pressure (i'll have to test this).

[bot]

I have never done this myself. You would definitely want to manually purge the extruder to get as consistent pressure as you can when you restart. I would actually print a sacrificial "tower" that I could pause the print at. So it pauses and resumes while it is printing the small part that I don't care about.

[Mac The Knife]

I have paused my printer while it is printing infill, pulled the filament, inserted the new filament, made sure it was primed by manually turning the motor, and then resume printing.