Does your PLA wire crack when bended?

[zmaster 0]

I'm using the metal gray PLA wire that came with my UM. Once in a while it stops extruding and if i try to push the wire by hand i feel that it is stuck indeed.

I needed to pull it all out, cut half a meter and put it in again to make it work again.

It just happened again and i noticed that this piece that i had to cut away has the same diameter of the rest but it doesn't crack if i bend it. The rest of the roll instead breaks if i try to bend it.

Now i think that my extrusion problems are caused by the wire which must have some parts with different properties than the rest of the roll.

[IRobertI 448]

I haven't had filament break during a print (red from UM, white and black from supply3dpla) but it will snap if I bend it sharply. I've also noticed that it sometimes cracks just as it enters the extruder if I've left it sitting for a few days.

[reprapfilament 0]

I'm using the metal gray PLA wire that came with my UM. Once in a while it stops extruding and if i try to push the wire by hand i feel that it is stuck indeed.

I needed to pull it all out, cut half a meter and put it in again to make it work again.

It just happened again and i noticed that this piece that i had to cut away has the same diameter of the rest but it doesn't crack if i bend it. The rest of the roll instead breaks if i try to bend it.

Now i think that my extrusion problems are caused by the wire which must have some parts with different properties than the rest of the roll.

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