Mr. Filament Welder / Winder build

[Ducky4546]

I was running into the problem of too many mostly used spools of filament. I tried a bunch of DIY splicers with heat and various PTFE arrangements. But they all were kind of a pain and not very precise.

Cruising the web I stumbled onto a video on You Tube PET welder and Mr Winder being a big Mel Brooks fan I had to watch the video.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1632948463/essential-parts-kit-for-petwelder?etsrc=sdt

Following the Links the creator of this has a Kit and Plans available on his ETSY store. I decided to go the kit route this time rather than self source. 

So far the documents and packaging are very well done.

I am using Polymaker PolyTerra filament, which looks great but sure likes to warp. I fought with it on my CR6 and now switch over to my Voron Rep 3 and it's cranking out the parts with the help from the Vision Miner Nano adhesive just for good measure.  

Just waiting on a few small parts.

Well packaged and labeled 

I didn't realize how much filament I had until I made the rep racks for my Home Depot shelfs.

Edited April 6 by Ducky4546
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[Ducky4546]

More progress today and some wire management. I hate shoving bundles of wires in boxes. So I shortened up all the final terminations. I'm very glad I built my Voron the long and hard way. Jobs like this are cake now. 

Ahh much better 

Before 

 

[claudermilk]

12 hours ago, Ducky4546 said:

More progress today and some wire management. I hate shoving bundles of wires in boxes. So I shortened up all the final terminations. I'm very glad I built my Voron the long and hard way. Jobs like this are cake now. 

Right? It was a learning experience, but now that kind of stuff is a doddle. As much as I liked the convenience of just plugging in the pre-made harness on the V0, I'm also glad I did it the hard way on the Trident.