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Can I purchase PTFE tubing in lengths of say 24" with internal diameter for use with 1.75mm filament?
Ezra Zygmuntowicz
suggested this on November 16, 2011 03:20
I am adapting an MK6+ stepstruder band gen4 electronics to work in my oversized repstrap mondo and I need a 24" piece of PTFE tubing with internal diameter setup properly for use with 1.75mm filament so I can make a bowden tube instead of having the heavy duty nema motor actually whipping around on my x axis.
Can you folks sell me a 2ft length of PTFE with internal diameter to fit 1.75mm tubing pretty please?
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I can't answer for them - but I bought the new machined 1.75 mm PTFE tube for the MK6 and the ID wasn't consistent. I had to ream out one end with a drill to get it close (but still smaller - didn't have the exact drill) to the internal diameter of the chamfered end. Until I did that a piece of normal filament would just pass that end and a piece that had run through the drive gear wouldn't pass. I could also prior to that see what looked like internal machining marks. I'm guessing that they don't have long lengths of stock but section and machine them.
Always submit a ticket for custom requests like this! We probably won't be able to provide custom parts ourselves, but we might be able to point you in the right direction to get your project rolling.