I'm using one of the Greg's Wade Extruder variants, and the small tabs that were meant to keep the filament in alignment with the hobbed bolt broke off. Initially I just used a small piece of plastic jammed into the extruder to keep the filament in line, but that proved to be unreliable. (surprise, surprise) Rather than print out a new extruder idler, I decided to simply drill and tap a hole to mount a 2/56 SHCS as an guide.
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| Drilling hole for 2/56 screw (0.075" approximate) |
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| Screw Mounted |
The screw guide worked great, and totally solved the issues I was having with the filament slipping off of the hobbed bolt and causing a print to fail.
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| MendelMax 1.5, spool holder mounted and wires cleaned up |
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