On Wed, Jun 17, 2020 at 1:04 PM Chris Albertson <albertson.ch...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Gene, > > > I just went and looked at the Ender3 printer. There is one major > difference between your Ender3 and My Anet A6. Yours uses a "Bowden Tube" > type feed system and mine is direct drive. So on your system, the motor > that moves the PLA filament is mounted to the frame and pushes the > filament into the Teflon tube. On my printer, the motor is an > integral part of the print head and those "pusher gears" are just a few mm > above the nozzle. They use fins and a fan to keep heat from the motor. > The advantage of your is a lighter head that can move faster and more > accurately. Mine has better control of plastic quantity and flow rate. > People will argue which is best. >
This post reminded me that I had a problem with the feed on my CR-10s at one time. The grub screws on the filament feed gear were slipping on the shaft. I ended up getting some gears with two screws and that took care of the problem. Check to see if the filament feed gear is slipping. I am guessing the Ender and CR-10 used the same design and parts. Dave _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
