[sudo-discuss] sudo TAZ 3d printer extruder catching

[Adam Munich]

I left some hiqh quality clear PLA by the taz, try that.

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On Sat, May 23, 2015 at 9:19 PM, Patrik D'haeseleer <patrikd at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Time to clean the nozzle? After a while you get burned filament and dust
> building up inside the nozzle. Soak in acetone (for PLA) or dichloromethane
> (for ABS), and/or burn out any crud with a torch.
>
> Patrik
>
> On Sat, May 23, 2015 at 8:46 PM, Jake <jake at spaz.org> wrote:
>
>> the TAZ seems to work mostly fine but there is a problem where the
>> filament extruder keeps stopping while it's trying to extrude - like the
>> filament is too hard for it to push, so the motor doesn't have enough
>> torque.
>>
>> the spring tensioners adjustment is not the problem - there is no
>> adjustment point at which the motor doesn't either slip (and fail to push
>> the filament) or catches and can't turn.
>>
>> if you keep hitting Extrude in the printer control program and you help
>> the filament along it keeps going, but it can't continuously extrude
>> without help - it goes and then gets stuck again.
>>
>> I can't figure out what the problem is.  This is with the white filament
>> and the nozzle is at 220 degrees which should be plenty hot.
>>
>> anyone have any ideas?
>>
>> -jake
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