Questions tagged [bowden]
Questions using this tag should involve the Bowden extruder - a type of FDM extruder that doesn't have the motor mounted to the printer's XY gantry.
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Part Identification on Voxelab Printer
I'm in the process of finishing a build on a 3d printer a friend of mine tried to put together and never finished. I've got everything together, but I don't know what the part is called, what size it ...
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Extruder digging into filament Ender 3 V2 Neo
I am a newbie in 3D printing. I bought a used Ender 3 V2 Neo from a shop (demo unit/display model) few days ago and I have been trying it in few hours sessions. A problem I came across twice now in ...
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Is there a possibility to reliably print PLA with an Ender 3 that has an all-metal hot end?
I want to use my Ender 3 as a multi-filament-printing printer
As many users already have asked, printing PLA with an all-metal hot end is not really recommended.
But, if I am attempting to use my ...
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Consistently inconsistent/blobby first layer
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Printer - Creality Ender 3 V2 (slightly modified)
replaced original hotend with another standard hotend (same model)
PEI coated magnetic bed (printing on rough side.)
CRTouch ABL
Filament - ...
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What is the difference between a Bowden extruder and a direct drive extruder?
As these are the two most commonly used extruder systems in FDM printers, I would like to know what is the difference between them. What are the advantages and disadvantages of using each of them?
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Upgrading Bowden Tube on Ender 6 to Capricorn
I'm very new into 3D printing.
I brought an Ender 6 and a cover for ABS printing, but the standard white Bowden tube was too short to pass through the hole of the cover. So I'm replacing the Bowden ...
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Weird Pattern First Layer Extrusion
I'm working on tuning an old Ultimaker 2 Go, and I'm having some weird extrusion issues. The printer uses a Bowden extruder. Extrusion seems to increase and decrease. I don't think it is the filament ...
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Ender 5 Plus Bowden tube keeps popping out
My new Ender 5 Plus' Bowden tube keeps popping out of its socket on the extruder mid-print, I've tried several times and it keeps doing it even though it's locked into place securely at the start ...
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Cold end coupler stuck on Bowden tube
I have a Creality Ender 3. I've unscrewed the coupler from the drive assembly, but can't get it loose from the tube. The hot end coupler came free easily.
I compress the rubber gasket, but it stays ...
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Weird layer cross section resonances
While doing the setup of a new machine I printed a small retraction test which showed that layers at different heights present a varying section. The whole area of the layer is expanding and ...
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What reasons are there not to convert Ender 3 to direct drive extrusion?
A Bowden tube extruder (like the stock one on an Ender 3) is known to have issues with printing the most flexible TPU, and with filaments that (either due to composition or condition) don't take well ...
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Ender 3 V2 under extrusion problems
Every time I start a print, midway during printing, my printer starts to under extrude.
I tried lots of different models every time the problem occurs.
What should I do about this?
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How to identify, use, and replace the Copperhead Bowden coupler?
After attempting to remove my Bowden tube for maintenance I have managed to break the coupler used to secure the Bowden tube in my Slice Engineering Copperhead heat sink. I'm having significant ...
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Direct vs Bowden Extrusion when printing in temperature fluctuating environment
I have a Bowden extrusion printer in my garage. (Printing PLA is smelly and is nothing I want to be exposed to for an extended period of time!)
I enclosed the printer within a plastic sheet housing to ...
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Ender 3 Extruder Speed / Upgrade
I am attempting to make my Ender 3 Pro print significantly faster than it is intended it I fear.
I hear a clicking noise coming from the extruder above 130 mm/s in Cura when it is going in long ...
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