Hi there I believe it is really a shame that one cannot print the whole content of a filament spool. Money wasting+no very eco friendly I tried already the trick that consists in removing the spool to "release the filament pressure" but in the end ....it does not work for me...extruder stills has hard time pulling the filament So I did an experiment (Be very carefull if you consider trying this....be safe....I will not be responsible for any damage.) I rolled the end of the spool around my old metal waste basket then heated it with a heat gun. Results were not what I expected but it was not THAT bad : filament took more or less the shape of the basket but it looked more like pastas that really perfectly winded filament if you see what I mean. Still I tried printing and it worked ...well...for few minutes and after this my extruder started to struggle to much to feed the hotend so this is not really a success. Anyway....I still believe there is something that can be done....maybe heating slightly the filament meanwhile winding it to a more "serious" spool Sorry if this is a old new idea but if you experienced somthing similar, I would be interrested in the details.... https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?88,739308,739308#msg-739308 Sat, 14 Mar 2026 19:20:35 -0400 Phorum 5.2.23 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?88,739308,863725#msg-863725 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?88,739308,863725#msg-863725 Dust Let's design something! (I've got an idea ...) Thu, 05 Dec 2019 16:07:55 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?88,739308,863692#msg-863692 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?88,739308,863692#msg-863692 VDX Let's design something! (I've got an idea ...) Thu, 05 Dec 2019 06:38:51 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?88,739308,863691#msg-863691 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?88,739308,863691#msg-863691 Herr_Schmitzel Let's design something! (I've got an idea ...) Thu, 05 Dec 2019 06:24:59 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?88,739308,739308#msg-739308 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?88,739308,739308#msg-739308 I believe it is really a shame that one cannot print the whole content of a filament spool.
Money wasting+no very eco friendly
I tried already the trick that consists in removing the spool to "release the filament pressure" but in the end ....it does not work for me...extruder stills has hard time pulling the filament
So I did an experiment (Be very carefull if you consider trying this....be safe....I will not be responsible for any damage.)
I rolled the end of the spool around my old metal waste basket then heated it with a heat gun.
Results were not what I expected but it was not THAT bad :
filament took more or less the shape of the basket but it looked more like pastas that really perfectly winded filament if you see what I mean.
Still I tried printing and it worked ...well...for few minutes and after this my extruder started to struggle to much to feed the hotend so this is not really a success.
Anyway....I still believe there is something that can be done....maybe heating slightly the filament meanwhile winding it to a more "serious" spool
Sorry if this is a old new idea but if you experienced somthing similar, I would be interrested in the details....]]> chaosbc Let's design something! (I've got an idea ...) Mon, 16 Jan 2017 09:28:52 -0500