Filament runout/restarting woes
This is my first print trying to use a filament runout switch to restart a print.
Once the print paused, I simply loaded a new spool and used the 'load filament' macro in RatOS.
After the printer nozzle was extruding and the load sequence ended, I clicked 'resume'.
The printer restarted, but did not adhere to the print.
This print is small and I could have used a new spool, but I have some prints coming up that will use more than a spool, and I need to be able to restart without creating issues/artifacts.
What is the proper procedure for restarting after a filament runout event is triggered?
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2nd attempt was successful; the only difference was the swap happened right away instead of tens of minutes afterwards. That shouldn't matter though, right? should be able to filament swap hours later, right?
What type of plastic? I find that any time you have a reel swap, there is always a faint 'seam' where the swap happened... If you wait too long, it's possible that your part has cooled enough that layer adhesion will be an issue
This is PLA
are people able to typically restart prints hours later or does that usually result in a failed print?
I'm going to have some prints that will run for like... 3 days, might end up with changes in the middle of the night
is there some way to set an alarm, text message or email to alert of filament runout?
or do we just have to stay ontop of it and anticipate the filament swap
Yes, there is... I think it's done via mainsail
I haven't done it myself but it can be done