Hello Guys! So i got this new E3D Chimera, and it's wonderful! However i want to try and print flexible filaments. My current setup is a bowden setup. When i try to print Flexible filaments, the filaments gets "stuck" on the inside of the bowden tube (i think) and therefore cannot extrude. Has anyone experienced the same issue and maybe come up with a solution? Perhabs a direct drive extruder for the chimera Hot end? https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,524345,524345#msg-524345 Sat, 18 Jul 2026 20:56:12 -0400 Phorum 5.2.23 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,524345,524618#msg-524618 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,524345,524618#msg-524618 Thank you very much !]]> Kafledelius General Mon, 22 Jun 2015 06:12:23 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,524345,524615#msg-524615 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,524345,524615#msg-524615 I re-designed my extruder so that the filament is never free, from the hobbed bolt to the nozzle.]]> cristian General Mon, 22 Jun 2015 06:05:01 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,524345,524599#msg-524599 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,524345,524599#msg-524599 sungod3k General Mon, 22 Jun 2015 05:29:38 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,524345,524593#msg-524593 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,524345,524593#msg-524593
I am having an issue where it seems that the filament gets stuck in the PTFE tubing. Have you experienced this?]]> Kafledelius General Mon, 22 Jun 2015 05:05:30 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,524345,524578#msg-524578 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,524345,524578#msg-524578 sungod3k General Mon, 22 Jun 2015 04:25:17 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,524345,524561#msg-524561 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,524345,524561#msg-524561 Would you try a flex3drive setup? They might have a adaption for the chimera.
-Olaf]]> o_lampe General Mon, 22 Jun 2015 03:29:22 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,524345,524345#msg-524345 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,524345,524345#msg-524345
So i got this new E3D Chimera, and it's wonderful!

However i want to try and print flexible filaments. My current setup is a bowden setup. When i try to print Flexible filaments, the filaments gets "stuck" on the inside of the bowden tube (i think) and therefore cannot extrude.

Has anyone experienced the same issue and maybe come up with a solution? Perhabs a direct drive extruder for the chimera Hot end?]]> Kafledelius General Sun, 21 Jun 2015 13:42:09 -0400