Cubify cube pro review how to#

Cubify cube pro review how to#

but that could be found experimentally, or mathematically by starting with a spool with known dimensions and length of filament.Īs to how to measure the outside diameter- maybe a rack and pinion that’s spring loaded to rubs gently against the filament on the spool- (it might stop birds nests on overruns too) You’d need to multiply by a constant to properly account for winding style. multiply by the height of spool/filament diameter and you’ve got a good estimate for the length remaining if each layer of filament lay directly on top of each other. inner diameter will be fixed for a given spool, outer diameter could be measured. There’s also formulae for calculating the length of a *Flat* Archimedean spiral Coil given thickness per layer and inner and outer diameters. Posted in 3d Printer hacks Tagged bulk, cube, cubify, filament Post navigation The green adapter he printed has a pass-through for the stock cartridge as well as the bulk spool you see to the left. Basically the interface will tell you that you don’t have enough filament left, but as long as there’s a cartridge in place you can tell it to print anyway. The solution went with still uses the cartridges to ‘trick’ the machine into printing. But we see it as an annoyance like the laser toner cartridges that stop working based on page count rather than remaining toner. We’re sure this provides some nice functionality for those looking to press a button and walk away. They contain a spool of filament, but also include a chip which reports back the filament color and length remaining. We’re skeptical about the Cube 3D printer’s cartridges. This led him to print a feeder for his Cube 3D printer.

Crunched the numbers and found out he could get filament for his 3D printer in bulk for about one-fifth the cost of the cartridges the company sells.