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Re: How to: "Not-Splice" Filament on its way into the M2
Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2015 5:49 pm
by helifrek
Well, I finally tried this!
I used to change filament on my old flashforge using this method, just chase the old filament in and I never had a problem. Well, When I first got the M2 I didn't know I was supposed to retract the filament out and then put the new filament in! I guess I didn't cut my filament perfectly flat because it just extruded the old stuff until it was past the extruder gear and didn't catch the new stuff coming in, I had to take the fans off and pull the extruder out to get to that little piece of filament! but that was just changing filament, which seems like it would be easier without the head moving all around!
Anyways, Today I had a couple of feet of black PLA left over and I didn't want it to go to waste so I just used it and followed the end of it in with my new spool and it worked like a charm!!!! Thanks for the tip Jules! I was afraid to try this again after my last accident!
Re: How to: "Not-Splice" Filament on its way into the M2
Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2015 5:54 pm
by Jules
helifrek wrote:Well, I finally tried this!
I used do change filament on my old flashforge using this method, just chase the old filament in and I never had a problem. Well, When I first got the M2 I didn't know I was supposed to retract the filament out and then put the new filament in! I guess I didn't cut my filament perfectly flat because it just extruded the old stuff until it was past the extruder gear and didn't catch the new stuff coming in, I had to take the fans off and pull the extruder out to get to that little piece of filament! but that was just changing filament, which seems like it would be easier without the head moving all around!
Anyways, Today I had a couple of feet of black PLA left over and I didn't want it to go to waste so I just used it and followed the end of it in with my new spool and it worked like a charm!!!! Thanks for the tip Jules! I was afraid to try this again after my last accident!
Fan-tastic! 
Re: How to: "Not-Splice" Filament on its way into the M2
Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2015 4:44 am
by Slipshine
I finally got a good project to try this on. My wife wanted a Christmas themed cell phone case. thanks for sharing the technique.
Re: How to: "Not-Splice" Filament on its way into the M2
Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2015 5:04 am
by Jules
Slipshine wrote:I finally got a good project to try this on. My wife wanted a Christmas themed cell phone case. thanks for sharing the technique.
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Whoa, that looks
wicked! Great job!
Re: How to: "Not-Splice" Filament on its way into the M2
Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2016 2:16 pm
by jimc
Never saw this thread until today. I have been doing this exact method for a couple years now and it works great. As long as the filament ends that but together are flat then the filament should just feed through smoothly. Never had a problem. I usually cut with a straight razor since that gives a flatter end but never had a problem using flush cutters either.
Re: How to: "Not-Splice" Filament on its way into the M2
Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2016 4:44 pm
by Jules
jimc wrote:Never saw this thread until today. I have been doing this exact method for a couple years now and it works great. As long as the filament ends that but together are flat then the filament should just feed through smoothly. Never had a problem. I usually cut with a straight razor since that gives a flatter end but never had a problem using flush cutters either.
I've been meaning to make one of those little razor blade guillotines - just keep getting side-tracked before I sit down and search out a good file to try. (That would work better than the cutters, it would leave a flat edge on both ends, ready to go for next time.)
Re: How to: "Not-Splice" Filament on its way into the M2
Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2016 6:35 pm
by sthone
This One on thingiverse is pretty simple but it cuts on an angle... I've been meaning to redo it so it cuts straight for splicing but I just haven't gotten that far down on the to do list yet.
Re: How to: "Not-Splice" Filament on its way into the M2
Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2016 6:50 pm
by Jules
sthone wrote:This One on thingiverse is pretty simple but it cuts on an angle... I've been meaning to redo it so it cuts straight for splicing but I just haven't gotten that far down on the to do list yet.
Ooooh....excellent find! Downloaded it to play with too! (I'd also like to add a notch, so that the filament doesn't have to be threaded through.)
Re: How to: "Not-Splice" Filament on its way into the M2
Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2016 10:27 pm
by sthone
Jules wrote:Ooooh....excellent find! Downloaded it to play with too! (I'd also like to add a notch, so that the filament doesn't have to be threaded through.)
Here you go Jules... Try
This One
Re: How to: "Not-Splice" Filament on its way into the M2
Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2016 10:48 pm
by Jules
sthone wrote:Jules wrote:Ooooh....excellent find! Downloaded it to play with too! (I'd also like to add a notch, so that the filament doesn't have to be threaded through.)
Filament Cutter 01.jpg
Here you go Jules... Try
This One
Fan-
freaking-tastic! I tried a redesign for a different blade, (
which turned out to not be strong enough to cut through stiff PLA)....so I scrapped it, and hadn't gotten back to it. That saves some serious re-work!
(Just need to pick up some snap off blades next time I'm at Ace.)
Awesomeness!