Hi! I'm using an Lite6 1.75 Bowden Setup on my Suhokey i3-Clone, and it works really great. I just unloaded/loaded new filament once, and since I was quite unknown, just retracted the filament through Pronterface with 50mm/s. Luckily, nothing clogged (as I know now) I found the following procedure on the reprap-forum for PLA (http://forums.reprap.org/read.php?340,286027,286040#msg-286040): Ist this "cold pull" also the preferred way to change the filament on a V6 or Lite6? thx and greetings michi
I'm not on a Lite6, but a full v6. The "cold pull" isn't truly "cold" as you effectively just pull the filament out as soon as it's flowing enough to move. This is how I do the majority of my changes, partly because it's quicker, and also because it seems to be a good way to quickly extract all of the old filament, thus giving you a reasonable clean of the nozzle at the same time. So while I can't say whether it's preferred or not, it's certainly viable and I've suffered no issues from doing it this way.
Thx for the fast reply! Can anybody with a Lite6 confirm this way? (I'm planning to upgrade to a full v6 anyways, but don't know, when *G*). greetings michi