Annoying Bowden and hottip fix - Need skienforge help

MikeMike Wrote:
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> >> I'll ask him about how he got the bowden to
> work so well.
>
> >I was thinking that. It would be great to know!
>
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> I'm not sure what E Maker did. But, I replaced
> the cable that shipped with my TechZone Huxley kit
> with a harder one. It has less friction and it is
> also less springy. I haven't had any troubles
> since. I'm getting fairly good and consistent
> prints. Now, I just have to learn how to make
> adjustments in the software.


where did you get that cable from any how.?

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>where did you get that cable from any how.?

I was playing with the printer at a friend's house. He has a bunch of lathes and woodworking equipment. He wants to make a CNC using one of his big machines. He's pretty handy to say the least and he saw the problems I was having with my Bowden cable and said that he had some harder tubing in his shop. I tried it and it worked great.

It is called HDPE (High Density Polyethylene Tubing). The specific one that my friend gave me was from USPlastic.com at the following link:

[www.usplastic.com]

...he says you can get it in 100 ft rolls for under 10 bucks. Let me know how this works for you.