/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>2782311
might have been me, its new to me too

>>2765252
dear diary:
earlier today i found myself testing how far i could retract on this shortass extruder, and at ~20mm the gears released it. There was a moment where i found myself wondering if the end of the filament i was about to insert needed to have the highly tapered, slightly bent tip cut off before refeeding it.
'There's one way to find out...' was the response from the other brain hemisphere.
So i inserted it and hit extrude....
Naturally it formed a fisty looking clump and blocked the extruder, requiring disassembly.
So now I know that these little direct extruders designs are really quite shitty when you need to clear a jam, or avoid creating one in the first places. Small tolerances strike again i guess.
So now I know. And have forced a situation I was avoiding: switch the PLA mount out for a PETG one.
...and that orange PLA is from 2018ish... so: PETG version reprint time.
The GrEeN is still a point of contention: I hate it, but it looks less garish irl. Maybe I just need more machine components made with it before it becomes normal.