Ran almost out of filament .Had splice in a little yellow
Ok, I’ll bite: Please describe your splicing technique. I see a lighter and possibly some heatshrink tubing? Is that 1.75mm or ~3mm filament?
I suspect that is PTFE tube, filament + PTFE tube + lighter…
1.75mm ABS and 2mm teflon tubing.Just push both ends in to the tubing and heat with a lighter .Only works on ABS .
Good job. I did it like this in the beginning, too. Now I pause the print and change the filament.
Do not think I have filament change script. Installed a new board 2 days ago.
If your extruder can feed without snags, you can simply cut and follow without splicing.
@matthew_bennett That is really a pain. When inserting the filament, it get jammed before it enters into the pneumatic connector (for bowden). Any extruder can do without snag?
A well designed extruder can be loaded “on the fly” without snagging. I modded a Wade’s Greg’s extruder to allow this for 3mm filament about four years ago. The Type A Machines G2 does this as well (I work there). Check my posts from 2012 for results.