New Extruder Drive Gear

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Re: New Extruder Drive Gear

Post by insta » Sun Apr 10, 2016 12:47 am

I've converted all my M2s to rigid bed mounts thanks to MIC6 sheets + autolevel, so I have a TON of bed springs laying around. I'm going to try using those for tension.
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Re: New Extruder Drive Gear

Post by zemlin » Sun Apr 10, 2016 4:32 am

ednisley wrote: If somebody wants to design a plastic drive body carrying a spring-loaded metal lever arm, I'm in ...
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The arm's not metal, but should still work as desired.

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Re: New Extruder Drive Gear

Post by ednisley » Sun Apr 10, 2016 1:03 pm

Gotta ping him for the model ...

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Re: New Extruder Drive Gear

Post by Vandal968 » Wed Apr 13, 2016 3:07 am

Tim wrote:I ran into a problem. . . The set screw on the old drive gear won't come out. The allen wrench is tiny; first, the wrench wanted to bend, and when I applied torque closer in, all I managed to do was to strip the set screw. So now what's the best approach? Drill it out?
I realize that this question is old (been moving), but Torx drivers are excellent for removing stripped Allen fasteners. Choose a size that's a hair too big, pound it in and turn, comes right out. Hth, c

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Re: New Extruder Drive Gear

Post by Slipshine » Sat Jul 09, 2016 1:37 pm

Has anyone heard if the fine tooth drive gear was implemented? I am still using mine and still working fine.

Anyone else still using this?

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Re: New Extruder Drive Gear

Post by zemlin » Sun Jul 10, 2016 12:29 pm

I pulled mine, but I'm keeping it as it might be a better option if I ever try running a flexible filament.

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Re: New Extruder Drive Gear

Post by rpollack » Tue Jul 12, 2016 4:11 am

@slipshine - the finer tooth gear is what we've been using in production for several months now.

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Re: New Extruder Drive Gear

Post by Slipshine » Tue Jul 12, 2016 1:35 pm

Thanks for the update Rick.

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Re: New Extruder Drive Gear

Post by askernas » Tue Jul 19, 2016 12:22 pm

So ... if I'd want one (hey, it's additional gear, right?) I'll just drop a mail to support@ or order@ ?

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Re: New Extruder Drive Gear

Post by jcspball13 » Wed Aug 31, 2016 12:48 am

I would love to try this if it is still available!

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