On 16 June 2013 11:57, Ed Nisley <ed.08.nis...@pobox.com> wrote:

> The gotcha is that the filament loop thrashes around as the extruder
> head zips back and forth. On the M2, that's only along the X axis, but
> printers like the Ultimaker and Replicator move the extruder along both
> X and Y. I'm not sure where the sensor would be happiest, because you
> don't want to constrain the loop motion too much: pinning it to a board
> at the top of the arch might be too confining.

Webcam.

(My first thought was a pair of light-curtains, but webcams are much cheaper)

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