it has a auto refill option in case your spool runs out. and the filament sensor is located in the hotend, and if it detects a stop and halts, you simply just need to feed some new filament in the same way and it'll push out the filament left in the hotend.
Extra tip is good advice. I experienced a similar extruder jam on a K1 max recently but luckily wasn't as hard to resolve. In the end I just measured the height of the print, cut and re-sliced the model and printed the remainder which I stuck on to the failure.
One thing I have learned over the couple decades in IT, most "hardware failures" are usually caused by the users overconfidence in their skills... just saying 🤷♂️
I've also learned in the past couple of decades in selling electronics that over the years quality control and over all quality of products has diminished and are pumped out so fast and don't last
Set up a blink web camera to watch the spool 🧵 works great . Hit pause button , unload filament , load new spool 🧵 hit load and retry a few times till it comes out . Then hit pause to have it continue.
I run mine out all the time. Haven't run into that problem. I do have to remove the tube sometimes to get the filament in. I purge it and don't resume print until I see it is working. Then I hit resume.
happened once to me, did a cold pull to make sure no debris was present in the hotend and it sorted right away, not happened since and ran out about 4 times since, just switches to the next spool on the AMS and carries on
maybe a defective machine then because it has happen two or three times now and now I just don't chance it. If I know I'm getting close the the end before it goes all into the tube I just stop it and change it out myself while it can still back it out
thanks for the reminder I got this issue resolved and I posted a short about it, Still a good Idea to have an extra tip for back up anyway but if you have this problem as well, may have not been aligned properly at the factory.
it does but only after it had run past the extruder and it can not remove what is still in there and because it wasn't cut by the auto cuter thing it just jams when you try to feed another spool in.
this sounds like user error, not printer error. I have literally bullied my a1 mini and hot swapped filaments while it was running and it continued without a hickup Also, you do know you can pause a print and do a procedure of filament swap mid print?? It will heat up the extruder, purge left over and then you load up new one. Pointless video
@thebasicCreator you might want to try resetting your printer profile sounds like the gcode might have gotten messed up because it definitely should not jam when you load new filament
@@thebasicCreator for sure, just ignore these disrespectful people a lot of them are just chronically online losers who provide 0 useful info for your issues.
I've tried to let it continue to another roll when ran out and same thing. Maybe there are settings to change or maybe there is a sensor issue. I hope it's something simple
This is a bs video this guy just doesnt know how to use his ams lite, there is a filament runout sensor , you can easily switch rolls automatically it doesnt ruin the tip
as I said, it does not work. Maybe I have a defective unit and this function does not work like it is supposed to. Maybe it was not aligned properly in manufacturing who knows. It just not work. I am just clearly showing the issue with this unit that I have and if anyone else is having the same issue they can at least clear it and continue their print. Switching colors automatically with the AMS still works fine too. So far there has been a few issues here and there, and most of these printers have tweaking or fixing it seems. Prusa just works. No messing around, no trying to figure out why something is not working, they just work. Plus never said it ruins the trip, in fact I explain how to clean it out so it's ready to go again. If you have the solution to the issue then post it.
@@thebasicCreator next time you're about to run out of filament, and you have the ams loaded with another color that is the same, cut the end of the roll that is connected to the spool so the bend doesn't get jammed into the extruder, sounds like that's really what your issue is, as well as not having air print detection on...
it has a auto refill option in case your spool runs out.
and the filament sensor is located in the hotend, and if it detects a stop and halts, you simply just need to feed some new filament in the same way and it'll push out the filament left in the hotend.
it is suppose to do that but that's the issue, it does not work. It just jams
So this isn't a real issue if your using common sense?
You literally just described an extruder jam
Extra tip is good advice. I experienced a similar extruder jam on a K1 max recently but luckily wasn't as hard to resolve. In the end I just measured the height of the print, cut and re-sliced the model and printed the remainder which I stuck on to the failure.
awesome. I probably could have done that too
One thing I have learned over the couple decades in IT, most "hardware failures" are usually caused by the users overconfidence in their skills... just saying 🤷♂️
I've also learned in the past couple of decades in selling electronics that over the years quality control and over all quality of products has diminished and are pumped out so fast and don't last
like the A1...just as example they had to recall
A feature most people praise is your only problem? This printer sounds amazing if that's all there is.
in all other aspects, the printer is great
Set up a blink web camera to watch the spool 🧵 works great .
Hit pause button , unload filament , load new spool 🧵 hit load and retry a few times till it comes out . Then hit pause to have it continue.
I run mine out all the time. Haven't run into that problem. I do have to remove the tube sometimes to get the filament in. I purge it and don't resume print until I see it is working. Then I hit resume.
happened once to me, did a cold pull to make sure no debris was present in the hotend and it sorted right away, not happened since and ran out about 4 times since, just switches to the next spool on the AMS and carries on
that's awesome, I hope mine will work right the next time too
I have let mine finish off a bunch of spools, both manual reload and auto switching on the ams. I think you just had bad luck with an extruder jam.
maybe a defective machine then because it has happen two or three times now and now I just don't chance it. If I know I'm getting close the the end before it goes all into the tube I just stop it and change it out myself while it can still back it out
Agreed, I've had no issues.
@@thebasicCreatorHow is it now? Still giving you trouble?
@@bkkorner I had to take the head all apart and rebuild it. Something was not aligned correctly and now it's working like it should
I don’t think mine comes with a tip.
Just the tip?
thanks for the reminder I got this issue resolved and I posted a short about it, Still a good Idea to have an extra tip for back up anyway but if you have this problem as well, may have not been aligned properly at the factory.
Strange as the A1 Mini is supposed to have a filament runout sensor built in ????
it does but only after it had run past the extruder and it can not remove what is still in there and because it wasn't cut by the auto cuter thing it just jams when you try to feed another spool in.
this sounds like user error, not printer error. I have literally bullied my a1 mini and hot swapped filaments while it was running and it continued without a hickup
Also, you do know you can pause a print and do a procedure of filament swap mid print?? It will heat up the extruder, purge left over and then you load up new one.
Pointless video
@thebasicCreator you might want to try resetting your printer profile sounds like the gcode might have gotten messed up because it definitely should not jam when you load new filament
@@its_just_that_simple that's a good idea thanks
@@thebasicCreator for sure, just ignore these disrespectful people a lot of them are just chronically online losers who provide 0 useful info for your issues.
I've tried to let it continue to another roll when ran out and same thing. Maybe there are settings to change or maybe there is a sensor issue. I hope it's something simple
Did you ever figure out what was the issue?
I really hope you're doing something wrong or there's something wrong with your printer because if this is true, this is a terrible design.
me too
This is a bs video this guy just doesnt know how to use his ams lite, there is a filament runout sensor , you can easily switch rolls automatically it doesnt ruin the tip
as I said, it does not work. Maybe I have a defective unit and this function does not work like it is supposed to. Maybe it was not aligned properly in manufacturing who knows. It just not work. I am just clearly showing the issue with this unit that I have and if anyone else is having the same issue they can at least clear it and continue their print. Switching colors automatically with the AMS still works fine too. So far there has been a few issues here and there, and most of these printers have tweaking or fixing it seems. Prusa just works. No messing around, no trying to figure out why something is not working, they just work. Plus never said it ruins the trip, in fact I explain how to clean it out so it's ready to go again. If you have the solution to the issue then post it.
@@thebasicCreator next time you're about to run out of filament, and you have the ams loaded with another color that is the same, cut the end of the roll that is connected to the spool so the bend doesn't get jammed into the extruder, sounds like that's really what your issue is, as well as not having air print detection on...
@@MegaCasey09 did that, the printer doesn't like me..lol
My main board is bad and support take to FKG long to reply they reply 1 message per day
it took me three weeks to get a replacement hot end in.