Filament support

[mark-hale 1]

Just spotted this on an UM2. Has anyone got an stl file of this. Assume this is now being shipped with the latest versions as didn't have one of these with mine.

 

Seems like a good idea to support the feed

 

[Dim3nsioneer 557]

No, it's not a good idea. I have one but never mounted it. It's at the wrong place for the primary feeder. It works much better without.

 

[DidierKlein 729]

No need for that indeed.

You would have better results by printing the low friction spool holder:

https://www.youmagine.com/designs/low-friction-um2-spoolholder

 

[flashp0int 0]

Put your printer on a table, drill a hole into the table (just below the feeder), the print a spool holder and put it below the table.

I have far fewer issue since I do not have the spool behind the printer.

Braddock spool holder: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:351503

 

[Labern 774]

I have the low friction spool holder but I still use a filament Guide. I just designed my own one with a roller so it works a bit better. You can download it here

https://www.youmagine.com/designs/um2-filament-guide

[fabiodl 0]

With some spools, I had a strong squeaking sound with the standard UM2 spool holder.

I plan to print the low friction spool holder, but for now I found a quick fix which seems to work very well, so I'd like to share it.

I covered a piece of paper with PTFE tape (3M PTFE-Film-Tape-5490) and put it between the spool and the standard spool holder.

I then did the same for the filament guide shown in the first pic of this post.

the squeaking sound is gone, and the friction is clearly strongly decreased.