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Aquarium hose instead of springs

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nic0laz

Aquarium hose instead of springs
September 03, 2012 09:47AM

Registered: 11 years ago
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Hi guys.

I was wondering if its possible to replace the heatbed and wade's accesible extruders springs with aquarium silicon hose.

Has anyone tried?.

Not the crystal clear hose (its too stiff), im thinking about the other one, that is softer.

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NewPerfection

Re: Aquarium hose instead of springs
September 04, 2012 04:27PM

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Any material that is strong and springy will work. I've seen extruders done with rubber tubing before and it seems to work well.

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Dad911

Re: Aquarium hose instead of springs
September 21, 2012 08:48PM

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I use silicone tubing on the bed. Short pieces, about 3/8". Works fine.

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Traumflug

Re: Aquarium hose instead of springs
September 22, 2012 04:13AM

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Typical aquarium hose is PVC and PVC looses it's springiness pretty quickly. Like in a month.

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MotoBarsteward

Re: Aquarium hose instead of springs
September 24, 2012 05:31AM

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Remember that your heated bed gets hot. (hence its name). What ever tubing you use must stand the heat which probably rules out everything except silicone.

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BAMCNC

Re: Aquarium hose instead of springs
September 28, 2012 08:25PM

Are you looking at the Blue hose? That would work better than clear, but you have a limited distance you can use, and overall it would just be better to use springs and use them to the tighest setting you can while not flexing things to much.