material retracts back to material station

[Rpmaguire 0]

Im not sure if this  is normal or not, it does seem strange that at the end of a print a

Printcore 1 only pulls the filament out like an inch.

While Printcore 2 retracts all the way back to the material station?

 

would this have to do with printcore 1 being loaded with pva? maybe that type of filament dosent retract due to its brittleness?

 

Thanks,'

Ryan

[Dustin 130]

I find it odd that you use PVA in slot 1 vs slot 2... but either case, yes this is normal.
There is a timeout.. i forget how long but its in the several hours range at which point it will eventually retract the PVA all the way back to the material station 

[Rpmaguire 0]

thanks for the reply,

 

yea i had it in slot 2 for the longest time, i ended up having to replace the bowden tube as it was causing issues with pva. so i have just kept it in 1 since.

 

ok that makes sense about the timeout , But why only Printcore 2 ? 

in the picture the PLA was fully retracted , the PVA you see never retracts further than that.

 

its not really causing problems as it works fine, But just curious as to why one and not the other.

[Dustin 130]

its only whatever core the PVA is active in.

[Rpmaguire 0]

ok, thanks for the reply.

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