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Every time I switch my printer off, when I restart it prints about a
meter of filament and then the filament ends, The end of spool detector
does not activate and there is plenty left on the spool.

Reloading the filament always works

Thoughts?
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The Natural Philosopher wrote:

Every time I switch my printer off, when I restart it prints about a
meter of filament and then

^^^
typo for when?

the filament ends, The end of spool detector does not activate and there is plenty left on the spool.

Reloading the filament always works

Make/Model?


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On 14/05/2026 10:53, Andy Burns wrote:

The Natural Philosopher wrote:

Every time I switch my printer off, when I restart it prints about a
meter of filament and then

-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a ^^^
-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a typo for when?

-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a the filament ends, The end of spool
detector does not activate and there is plenty left on the spool.

Reloading the filament always works

Make/Model?

Creality K1
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The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> Wrote in message:r
Thoughts?

"What do you think about Gay Marriage?""I don't.""Don't what?""Think about Gay Marriage."

You seem a bit obsessed with gay marriage. Most folk don't harp on
about things that they *don't* think about. Ergo, you actually
think about it a lot.

Tim
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On 14/05/2026 11:35, tim+ wrote:

The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> Wrote in message:r
Thoughts?

"What do you think about Gay Marriage?""I don't.""Don't what?""Think about Gay Marriage."

You seem a bit obsessed with gay marriage. Most folk don't harp on
about things that they *don't* think about. Ergo, you actually
think about it a lot.

Don't be silly., It's just one of over a hundred random statements I
have in my signature file.

This one dates back to around 2016

Since it is the only one you have ever commented on, I guess it's *you*
that thinks about it a lot.
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The Natural Philosopher wrote:

Creality K1

I nearly bought one of those.

Does the state of the runout sensor show up within fluidd?



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On 14/05/2026 11:58, Andy Burns wrote:

The Natural Philosopher wrote:

Creality K1

I nearly bought one of those.

Its fairly good value. And versatile

Does the state of the runout sensor show up within fluidd?

what is fluidd?


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The Natural Philosopher wrote:

Andy Burns wrote:

The Natural Philosopher wrote:

Creality K1

I nearly bought one of those.

Its fairly good value. And versatile

I got cold feet when some early ones needed replacement extruders

Does the state of the runout sensor show up within fluidd?

what is fluidd?

Part of the klipper GUI

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On 14/05/2026 12:21, Andy Burns wrote:

The Natural Philosopher wrote:

Andy Burns wrote:

The Natural Philosopher wrote:

Creality K1

I nearly bought one of those.

Its fairly good value. And versatile

I got cold feet when some early ones needed replacement extruders

Does the state of the runout sensor show up within fluidd?

what is fluidd?

Part of the klipper GUI

Oh. I think I rooted mine and mainsail-ed it? Wasnt a great deal of use
except I can print direct from the slicer.

But it appears I can ssh in and look at the logs.

That is definitely a place to start, but I think that actually the issue
is that the filament breaks downstream of the sensor. So the filament
is still in the sensor, but not beyond it, and the extruder just starts
the print with the broken bit and than peters out.
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The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:

That is definitely a place to start, but I think that actually the issue
is that the filament breaks downstream of the sensor. So the filament
is still in the sensor, but not beyond it, and the extruder just starts
the print with the broken bit and than peters out.

Damp/old filament? I had old reels of filament become brittle. Baking the filament on the heated bed at 70C for 8 hours dried it out and it and then printing with it had surprisingly good results.

Theo
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On 14/05/2026 13:35, Theo wrote:

The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:

That is definitely a place to start, but I think that actually the issue
is that the filament breaks downstream of the sensor. So the filament
is still in the sensor, but not beyond it, and the extruder just starts
the print with the broken bit and than peters out.

Damp/old filament?

very likely

I had old reels of filament become brittle. Baking the
filament on the heated bed at 70C for 8 hours dried it out and it and then printing with it had surprisingly good results.

Theo

That might be a perfect use for the AGA's 'warming' oven.

But 70-#C is beyond PLA melting point really
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The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:

On 14/05/2026 13:35, Theo wrote:

The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:

That is definitely a place to start, but I think that actually the issue >> is that the filament breaks downstream of the sensor. So the filament
is still in the sensor, but not beyond it, and the extruder just starts
the print with the broken bit and than peters out.

Damp/old filament?

very likely

I had old reels of filament become brittle. Baking the
filament on the heated bed at 70C for 8 hours dried it out and it and then printing with it had surprisingly good results.

Theo

That might be a perfect use for the AGA's 'warming' oven.

I assume that's not exposed to the combustion gases, otherwise the water produced by combustion might rehydrate it.

But 70-#C is beyond PLA melting point really

70C is the temp of the bed. 50-60C is the temp of the filament, eg temps
for using an oven (Appendix I): https://wiki.bambulab.com/en/filament-acc/filament/dry-filament

When drying on the bed, a cardboard box over the filament helps to keep the heat in.

Theo
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On 14/05/2026 16:41, Theo wrote:

The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:

On 14/05/2026 13:35, Theo wrote:

The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:

That is definitely a place to start, but I think that actually the issue >>>> is that the filament breaks downstream of the sensor. So the filament >>>> is still in the sensor, but not beyond it, and the extruder just starts >>>> the print with the broken bit and than peters out.

Damp/old filament?

very likely

I had old reels of filament become brittle. Baking the
filament on the heated bed at 70C for 8 hours dried it out and it and then >>> printing with it had surprisingly good results.

Theo

That might be a perfect use for the AGA's 'warming' oven.

I assume that's not exposed to the combustion gases, otherwise the water produced by combustion might rehydrate it.

But 70-#C is beyond PLA melting point really

70C is the temp of the bed. 50-60C is the temp of the filament, eg temps
for using an oven (Appendix I): https://wiki.bambulab.com/en/filament-acc/filament/dry-filament

When drying on the bed, a cardboard box over the filament helps to keep the heat in.

I got a cheap filament drier from Amazon - you can chuck a couple of
spools in it and then tell it to keep it warm with air circulation for a
few hours to dry them out. You can also feed directly from it if you
want. It makes printing with things like TPU cleaner and less stringy.
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