Quotethe_digital_dentist You can splice filaments- there are several how-tos scattered around the web- check Instructables. Since you seem relatively new to all this, I have a couple suggestions that will make your 3D printing life easier. 1) Get a cheap digital kitchen scale (about $10) and keep it near your printer. When you open your next new spool of filament, remove the packaging and desiby hagensieker - General
More than likely a stupid question but one I haven't worked through yet. I got a RepRap kit maybe a month or two ago and bought multiple different colors so I literally haven't hit the end of the roll yet on any spool. Say you have a big print and the roll is at an end. Is it possible to continue? Just for fun the other day I did half a print and cut the filament and tried to chase another cby hagensieker - General
I also have a RepRapGuru Prusa i3. I was getting really good results with the stock kit and they have really good email and phone support. I've since upgraded to E3D, new idlers, and just added lead screws. I'd say my print quality is pretty great and now I understand how these printers work, which is really what it is all about. I have seen a lot of advice to just buy the high quality kits aby hagensieker - General
Thanks to both of you guys. I just ran through a print and moved it too far the other way however I moved it and I understand now and my end stop situation is kind of a mess right now. The X ends that I printed have no place to mount a Z endstop and rather use an inductive sensor. So right now it is just rigged up and looks horrific (but it works). I just fixed a good solution to the x axis aby hagensieker - General
I promise I'll get to the question............... I'm pretty new to RepRap and catching on real quick. Started with a RepRapGuru Prusa i3, then added new bearings, new x ends with bearings, new Y idler with a bearing and was getting magnificent results. I just finished a lead screw installation and ended up moving the motor from right to left. Everything went pretty well with a couple exceptiby hagensieker - General
Thanks. Makes sense. My end stop is on the right now and doesn't matter to me where it goes. The new X fittings for the lead screws have mounts for the motor end for the end stop. I'll use that if I can.by hagensieker - Mechanics
Fairly new to 3D printing and doing extremely well with a RepRapGuru Prusa i3 modified with an E3D hot end and upgraded x and y components to allow for bearings instead of the plastic pulleys that came with the kit. If you are looking directly at the printer my x motor is on the right. I am about to upgrade with lead screws and have printed out new x components however they place the motor onby hagensieker - Mechanics