remove bowden coupler

Matt

Right now the filament has been broken inside the tube. How to unscrew the tube to get it out of it? Why this isn't like any other coupler with the usual valve to release the tube?

Samuel Pinches

It is supposed to work like the normal coupler, maybe your coupler is broken? Can you remove the other end, and then unscrew the entire coupler on the other end?

Matt

Hi Sam. I figured it out, thanks. It was just blocked... Yet another usual problem given by bowdens: besides trashcanning a meter of filament wihich cannot be pushed on...

Samuel Pinches

I took my bowden outside of the corrugated black tube. I cut the length down to almost half. I definitely recommend doing the same.

Matt

Ok, but still scared. I guess that these cons of bowden cannot be compare to cons of directdrives. We might ponder wheter to pass to the latter asap: perhaps using a slim stepper.

Samuel Pinches

There is a kit to convert the A5 to direct drive: 
https://www.shop.inventbox.com/en/jg-aurora-upgrades/jg-titan-mkii/jg-titan-mkii-kit-1

I will post a review of it on youtube this week.

Matt

Yes, the Titan, you suggested to me in our primes posts... Pricey, and bulky, it seems. Perhaps a more compact and lightweighty thing (maybe using a teva11 or 14 or a 17 pancake, if 11 e 14 cannot do the job) would be better.