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**If all else fail then can remove the tube from the fitting by pushing down on the blue collar and pulling the tubing up. Once the filament has cleared the fitting, insert it into the tubing and re-insert the tubing into the gold fitting. MAKE SURE the tubing is firmly in the fitting or else it will get pulled out and mess up filament feeding. | **If all else fail then can remove the tube from the fitting by pushing down on the blue collar and pulling the tubing up. Once the filament has cleared the fitting, insert it into the tubing and re-insert the tubing into the gold fitting. MAKE SURE the tubing is firmly in the fitting or else it will get pulled out and mess up filament feeding. | ||
* to unload, heat up the nozzle and turn the extruder knob counter-clockwise (to the left) | * to unload, heat up the nozzle and turn the extruder knob counter-clockwise (to the left) | ||
=== Extruder tension for TPU / flexible filaments === | |||
For regular hard plastics, the tensioning knob should be well on with the screw protruding from the knob 2-3mm | |||
For TPU or flexible filaments, it needs to be MORE LOOSE or else the filament could jut out from the space below the extruder gear and above the teflon tube that goes into the heatbreak. It looks pretty funny when it happens. The knob should look like this: | |||
== Configs == | == Configs == | ||