Lulzbot offers the Flexystruder for both the TAZ and the Mini, which is the best way to print flexibles on any machine we've seen. But if you want to try out Ninjaflex without sinking $300 into an add-on, here's how you can do it with your regular extruder.

The problem with Ninjaflex in the standard Wade's style extruder, is that it tends to buckle and fold over on itself underneath the drive gear. The Lulzbots are actually much less prone to this than other printers, since they use 3 mm filament instead of 1.75. But unless you go very slow and have almost no backpressure, it's still an issue.

Cut off a piece of the PTFE tubing that comes with your TAZ, then cut it down to the right shape to fit between the drive gears and the hole in the extruder block. This will constrain the path of the filament and prevent it from buckling. Here's a diagram showing the basic idea.

I just used some wire cutters and an Xacto knife to get it the right shape. The piece needs to be really small. If its too long, it will prevent the idler pulley from pressing against the filament, and it won't extrude.

Once your designs are stored in your MatterControl Cloud Library, they can be accessed easily from your MatterControl Touch.

For this example, I've added a model of my name created with the MatterControl Text Creator Design Tool to my Cloud Library in the desktop version of MatterControl:

1. Open MatterControl, click the gear at the top right of the screen, and sign in to your MatterHackers account.

3. Navigate to the Cloud Library in the Library pane.

4. There's your design! Either add it to the queue for printing or edit if needed.

Happy printing!

We are having an open house on December 10th at the MatterHackers Head Quarters in Foothill Ranch, Ca. The event will run from 5pm to 8pm.

Please stop by and join us.

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I'm told there will be food.

If I could measure/calibrate the nozzle-object distance with an accuracy of 0.01 mm, what distance would I shoot for? 0.10 mm (paper thickness)?

That worked. Thank you!

Thanks Ryan

Did the OB Kossel Pros begin shipping on 30 November from MatterHackers?

Thanks.

No. Right now we do not know when we will have the Kossels back in stock. Probably at least a month.

Thank you