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by KeithA
Sat Apr 12, 2014 11:40 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Changing Filament Mid Print?
Replies: 15
Views: 23004

Changing Filament Mid Print?

My son made a simple item that has lettering on it. It printed fine but he was asking me if the letters could be printed a different color. Is there a way to do this? I have read a few posts else where but they were using a Makerbot, they were saying there firmware will move the hot end away when pa...
by KeithA
Sat Apr 12, 2014 11:34 pm
Forum: Tech Support
Topic: Problem with extruder
Replies: 8
Views: 11982

Re: Problem with extruder

I got it to work. I think something was bound up in there. I clicked retraction a few times and started to hear a click. Then I tried extrusion and the filament fed its way in there. Doing a test print now to see if it works ok.

Thanks
by KeithA
Sat Apr 12, 2014 11:03 pm
Forum: Tech Support
Topic: Problem with extruder
Replies: 8
Views: 11982

Re: Problem with extruder

Yes it is heating up but wont grab or even try. I think some may have gotten jammed in there. I think I can see some filament when I look down the feed hole but that may just be the remaining portion of what was there.
by KeithA
Sat Apr 12, 2014 10:27 pm
Forum: Tech Support
Topic: Problem with extruder
Replies: 8
Views: 11982

Problem with extruder

Well I was just bragging about how well everything was working and bam have a problem. I retracted one color and everything seemed fine. When I went to put in the other it does not grab it or make any noise when I hit extrude. So I am basically dead in the water. Any suggestions?
by KeithA
Sat Apr 12, 2014 9:21 pm
Forum: Software
Topic: Tracks
Replies: 4
Views: 9249

Tracks

I have printed quite a few things and am happy to say my new M2 is working great. I have noticed that the prints seem to have lines across them were a small amount of material has oozed out while the hotend was traveling from a finish point to a new start point. Is there a setting that I can adjust ...
by KeithA
Fri Apr 11, 2014 3:03 am
Forum: Software
Topic: Default M2 Settings
Replies: 2
Views: 7904

Default M2 Settings

I modified the default M2 profile in Simplify3d. Is there a way to reset the profile? I am sure reinstalling would work but was trying to determine if there is another way to get it back.

Thanks