First, snip the ends of the filament on a diagonal — as close to the same angle as possible. Cover both ends with shrink wrap tubing — 2mm tubing for 1.75mm filament for example — ensuring ...

when a printer printing 0.2mm layers moves 1mm it wants to put down a volume that’s 1.0mm long x 0.4mm wide x 0.2mm high. The filament being pushed into the nozzle has a volume per mm ...

By the time the filament reaches the end of 40 foot bath, it has been gently stretched to its final 1.75 mm diameter. After the water bath, the filament travels through a pair of lasers to check ...