Hi there, I am having issues with my kossel xl that i built a couple of years ago. For some reason, the extruder is stripping out the filament after about an hour of printing. I initially thought it might have been a clog in my hotend, and i do believe this may have been an issue as when i took it apart to check for a clog, there was a lot of plastic on top of the hotend cube (an e3d v6), so i think it was leaking a bit. I gave the whole hotend a good clean. I also took apart my extruder and cleaned the gear to make sure there was no filament dust causing problems. I then tightened the extruder so that it would grip the filament tighter. An hour into the next print, filament stopped coming out of the hotend... I am printing at 200 degrees using rigid.inc PLA which i believe is fairly high quality. [attachment 97588 WIN_20170829_23_57_11_Pro.jpg] This is the shredded end of the filament [attachment 97589 WIN_20170829_23_57_30_Pro.jpg] This is the normal pattern in the filament. Any help is much appreciated, Thanks, Tom. https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,785583,785583#msg-785583 Wed, 16 Sep 2026 09:28:06 -0400 Phorum 5.2.23 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,785583,785730#msg-785730 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,785583,785730#msg-785730 Floyd Printing Wed, 30 Aug 2017 18:40:21 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,785583,785708#msg-785708 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,785583,785708#msg-785708
Thanks!!!]]> Sewyboowy Printing Wed, 30 Aug 2017 15:37:03 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,785583,785585#msg-785585 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,785583,785585#msg-785585 I bet its getting hung on the ridges instead of slipping into the hot end.]]> Floyd Printing Tue, 29 Aug 2017 20:09:53 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,785583,785583#msg-785583 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,785583,785583#msg-785583
I am having issues with my kossel xl that i built a couple of years ago. For some reason, the extruder is stripping out the filament after about an hour of printing. I initially thought it might have been a clog in my hotend, and i do believe this may have been an issue as when i took it apart to check for a clog, there was a lot of plastic on top of the hotend cube (an e3d v6), so i think it was leaking a bit. I gave the whole hotend a good clean. I also took apart my extruder and cleaned the gear to make sure there was no filament dust causing problems. I then tightened the extruder so that it would grip the filament tighter.

An hour into the next print, filament stopped coming out of the hotend...

I am printing at 200 degrees using rigid.inc PLA which i believe is fairly high quality.

[attachment 97588 WIN_20170829_23_57_11_Pro.jpg]

This is the shredded end of the filament

[attachment 97589 WIN_20170829_23_57_30_Pro.jpg]

This is the normal pattern in the filament.

Any help is much appreciated,

Thanks,
Tom.]]> Sewyboowy Printing Tue, 29 Aug 2017 19:08:06 -0400