And of course, in what I have started to assume is just business as usual for the chinese, they falsely advertise a list price that nobody ever paid and list a discount before the product has already shipped.
I guess if you want to take the time to figure out how many meters for each layer change (or grams) it would be something. Nothing stopping you from getting your hands on the sleves and a lighter or other heat source.
Given you can use up your spools with an AMS I donāt think itās that useful. If you donāt have one I guess that pushes the needle a little, but again, the sleeve and a heat sourceā¦
Iāve been joining mine with a heat gun and some PTFE tube that is reasonably tight to the filament, saw someone do it on YouTube and gave it a go. Works pretty good and Iāve been using the same pice of tube for about a year. Just cut splice on each pice and push almost together in the PTFE then heat with the gun and press together, also works without the splice. Thinking of designing a little jig to make it easier but keep getting carried away with other projectsš.
If you have an AMS you donāt need a filament splicer, just load your end bits onto the 4 filament holders and have the AMS do fail over so that when one filament runs out the next is loaded.
I have one and no it is no scam. It works and works well. I do not care about the ptfe. They ha e more available and it is not custom you can get it online you would just have to cut it. The ptfe does 2 jo s. Holds the filament inline for fusing and keep the heating element from getting hot plastic all over it during fusing.
3d printing has wate just as 98% of other things. To me it is not the waste (in this case the ptfe) it is how much. And this is very little. Also if the stuff that is being joined it pieces the ptfe can be slid off after use and reused.
Not sure how old the thread is but i just ordered mine on Shop.com for $44.99 and it came with 400 ptfe tubes, and then i ordered another 400 pre-cut tubes also. If anyone knows where to get the ptfe tubing in bulk then please post a link. Ive watched many videos on this Fc-01 and i havenāt seen anything bad about it yet. Im looking for this neet connector helper tool i saw in this one video i saw for use with the fc-01 but i dont know where to find it, or if it was 3d printed. But the actual item from Sunlu is readily available and it works. It just doesnāt come with the 5v 2a power supply.
