Does anybody here know about the fantastic belt geared feeder from the member Meduza?
It is very low cost and improves your Ultimaker significant.
With 2 spools on the spool holder there wasn't enough clearance from load spring of the feeder to the spools.
The gearbox is about 20 mm high, for that reason I had to swap left and right hand feeder on dual machine.
With the first material loading I found that the feeders running inverse. (because I have swapped left and right hand version)
->OK no problem change firmware to get it right.
Printed some parts and made a material change.
when the material was unloaded I found that the material comes out of the tube nearly straight.
I moved back in the material by hand and found it moves very easy.
What is the reason for that? I think it is because of the knurled shape on the filament, caused by the feeder wheel, is now on opposite side where is no pressure when moving forward.
https://www.youmagine.com/designs/belt- ... er-upgrade
Thanks to Meduza
Meduzas belt geared feeder
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Re: Meduzas belt geared feeder
Hello Roland, happy to hear that my geared upgrade works well for you in combination with the IRobertI feeder
Some people has reported on the UM forum that mirroring the feeder reduces friction in the bowden tube, so the feeder setup you have now is probably the optimal DIY upgrade for a original UM2.
Some people has reported on the UM forum that mirroring the feeder reduces friction in the bowden tube, so the feeder setup you have now is probably the optimal DIY upgrade for a original UM2.
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Re: Meduzas belt geared feeder
..Yes it works very good, feeder skipping is gone.
I'm happy with it
Thanks Meduza
I'm happy with it
Thanks Meduza