Clearing broken filament from Prusa core one+
I bought the assembled version of the Prusa core one+ (gen 2). Got through the setup and calibration until hitting a (literal) snag when attempting to calibrate the filament sensors.
The assembled printer is supposed to come with a bit of orange PLA filament already loaded, sticking out of the end near the spool holder. I can see the orange filament in the PTFE tube, but the bit that's supposed to stick out seems to have snapped off. Telling the printer to unload the filament doesn't do anything.
I'm coming from a BambuLab A1 Mini, so I'm very much in the printing side of the hobby and not the printer side of the hobby, and I get a bit lost when the first step seems to be to completely disassemble the business end of the printer.
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Can you manually heat up that hotend and then advance the feed while pushing in some new filament by hand? If you use a different color, you will be able to tell when the old color has been purged.
Can I do that without calibrating the filament sensors? Sorry if this is a stupid question.
You should be able to. You will probably have to exit out of the calibration setup. but I don't expect that is much of a big deal.
Also, after reading some of the other comments here, I would suggest looking closely where the Bowden tube enters the hotend. (see arrow in the linked picture) There is a fitting right there that will allow you to remove the tube. Push the black ring down and gently pull up on the tube. It should pull right out. Then it's a simple matter of, heating up the hotend, grab the broken filament with your fingers or a pair of pliers, and perform your filament removal step. Replace the tube once the filament has been removed.
@BillDaCatt @earlier_riser bill does have a point when it comes to thermoplastic filament
What I think of it which melting points of each thermoplastic were used in degreee Celsius because that should be a good question
#3dprinting
You can look through the assembly manual for the kit version, and find that the black 3d printed elbow that attaches the Bowden tube to the top of the hot end just slides right on. So you might need to undo a tie or two but it should be easy to pop that off and get the filament out.
Thanks. Will take a look after I've had a full night's sleep.