francfalco 39
Interesting the recent threads mentioning the possibility of the feeder stepper motor heat causing filament softening issues - there's loads of threads on here about extruding issues/underextrusion, etc, but its only recently i've noticed anyone suggesting the feeder motor as a possible contributing factor or has this been discussed before?
Does seem feasible with hot external temp some people are experiencing i suppose - and the suggestion of a cooling fan on the stepper motors makes sense.
In fact all the motors do get very hot in normal use - is there any benefit to cool all 3 motors i wonder?
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Remy 13
Hi Speedy,
Someone else had an issue with the feeder gear becoming too hot and flattening out their PLA as it rolled between the knurled wheel and the bearing. That was solved by cooling the feeder, and I think it was in this thread.
Just in case though, you can check to make sure your filament isn't getting caught on anything as it's feeding in, and that there's no excess material in the feeder or nozzle.
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