Checked out a few videos on this topic and this one is the best - simple, direct, and to the point with good visuals and simplistic instructions. Thank you. I'm now subscribed.
Great video! The instructions were clear, precise, and straight to the point. I was able to fix my filament clog easily thanks to your step-by-step guidance. Keep up the awesome work
Just for future reference you're not supposed to use flexibles like TPU in the AMS unit. Edit: Thank you for posting these types of videos. It's thanks to your contribution that others may service their machines etc in the future. Especially if they don't have a technical background or experience.
It really comes to my original goal of making this channel. My self comes with an engineer background but still have hard time starting with 3d printing as a newcomer to this hobbit. So a lot of those videos are really focused on beginners and some more of prevent beginner's common user errors. It ended up taking me so much time to produce videos like these, and review numbers are predictable low. But as long as it helps people and I see positive feedback, I will still do it. That is what I like 3d printing, open source, and the community are the charm of this hobbit.
OMG! I lost power while printing with a glow-in-the-dark filament. Dude, this video simplified what I expected to be a disaster. Thank you. I'm back up and running. I was down for maybe 15 minutes. Again, thanks for the video!
Very clear & usefull tutorial, thanks for having shared it (yeah i just encountered my first AMS clog today, due to the very end of a spool having been bent way too much at the end by the filament maker)
Thanks bud!!! Just got my second ams the other day and it instantly jammed. Turned out to be a piece stuck inside from manufacturing process. But, now I know exactly what to do when this issue appears! Running 8 colors it's only a matter of time
Great video, thanks! The hardest part about this is reattaching the filament tube back into the AMS. I did it wrong 5 times before I got it right. The alignment isn't the best, and it is hard to feel it. I would hope they can make that better in version 2 ... I would hope that the connection to the AMS could somehow be "hardened" to ensure it would go in the 1st time. Otherwise, spot on. My clog was the result of it finishing a spool, and the end of the spool had a kink in it where the filament inserted into the spool. That kink got jammed in the AMS feed gear.
Hi, great video, very helpful. I had some issues with A4, I saw the filament is stuck inside the wither of the AMS, and removing both sides of the PTFE tube seems there is no filament but is still stuck, any suggestions? Thanks
Good video! I had a little bit of filament caught in the 4-1 manifold, and this helped me get it out. Plus, I learned not to use TPU in the AMS, so bonus! :D
Thanks for the video. It helped me with my clog. Luckily I didn't have to take apart the AMS. Just removing the PTFE tubes and I was able to pull free the filament. Cheers!
Very useful video. The question for me is, why does PLA clog on the AMS return pull? I'll have it clog with Creality PLA (the same clear spool you showed at :30), which I thought was the spool's fault, but I transferred it to a Bambu spool and it still clogged. It's totally fine PLA otherwise. The Bambu spool with Creality filament wasn't perfectly wound (but not that bad either) so my only guess is that it needs a very well balanced Bambu spool to work properly. Why though? The Creality spool seems to roll and grip just fine.
I have two types of filament from creality using that style of spool. Ender series always works fine, HP series always snaps within the system and cause issues. So, for my guess, is that the fialments cause issues instead of spool in this case. Cuz I know my HP series filament is wet and always snap randomly. If you have filament dryer, try to dry your creality filament first, and it might be helpful.
I also found that when the creality spool near empty. It sometimes get lift by the gear pulling the filament. There is a mod online called "AMS helper" might help with this, it may help with your situation.
@@SvgLau I don't think it's a lifting problem since I have had it happen with almost full spools. I finally had it happen with a nicely wound roll of Overture on a Bambu spool so now I sort of think it's an AMS defect. It still could be the PLA, but it's hard to convince me of that since the PLA it happens with works and feels completely fine otherwise. I did find that if I tug on the filament lightly while it's "retrying" the pull, then it catches and pulls fine, so that's at least a plus and again makes me think it's an AMS "catching" issue.
@@one_mega_ohm9139I'm having this exact same issue. My PLA Plus is NOT breaking, fraying, warping or anything. But somehow the AMS will fail to pull it back. If I completely turn off and reinstall the AMS though it manages to do full calibration just fine, it's as if the motor in the AMS is not getting full power during retract at the end of the print but works fine elsewhere. I am getting some underextrusion though which is concerning.
@@one_mega_ohm9139 I am having the same thing happen! I'm using Bambu PLA, Amazon basics, etc. I tried all kinds of spools. It's def not that. The tugging thing you describe is exactly what I have to do like every 5 min. SO FRUSTRATING.
What if this happens every single print is finished or on a color change? It seems to be happening to me on any filiment & only when its retracting.... ive fixed this 5 times in a row now & same thing kink in the filiment inside the ams feeder.... 😅 any suggestions? Im going crazy 😅
there are some upgrade you can do to potentially to fix this issue. It all basically relate to the pefe tube feeding system. I will make one update video in few days to talk about it.
I'm having the same exact issue. Seems to be excessive friction in the AMS which has nothing to do with clogging. Mine is less than a month old, but in slots 3 and 4 the retract after a print fails often and I'm also getting a little underextrusion which creates weak but functional parts. Sadly parts I cannot sell for my business. I think the PTFE feeding has some extreme sensitivity to the friction of a filament has passing through.
Hi all, since today i keep getting error that there is some thing stuck in the filament tubes and to try again. I checked all tubes and even the nozzle and the filament reaches the nozzle no problem, in fac if I detach the tube from the nozzle, the filament keeps on flowing to it indefinitely, but once it reaches the nozzle hole it stops and goes back. there is nothing stuck in there,i checked multiple times, even with a little neelds to see if there was a little particle of the previous filament but nothing, what i need to do?
我已经手动把堵住的料清理了但是它必须要我unload。根本没有料它也unload不出来。然后会继续抱错。有没有办法让ams强制认为某一个槽已经空了哇？ for my english speaking friends: I had a clog and removed manually. But AMS still thinks there’s material in that slots and keeps trying to “unload” where there isn’t anything already. It will always error out during unload saying stuck filament when there isn’t anything to begin with. Is there anyway to hardsreset ams?
So, if I got you problem right. When you push down the leveler, but you not able to pull the filament out. I will first check on the PTFE tube above Extruder and see if filament stuck in there. If it does, heat the nozzle, retract filament. Or, you can open the extruder front cover, release the PTFE tube inside extruder to manully pull the filament out. If your filament wasn't stuck above extruder, I will go back or the AMS box and check if my filament stuck on two possible area: 1, (tubes behinds AMS). 2, (tubes behind the printer, where there is a spring loaded box). Normally if filament stuck on 1, you will need to disassembly the AMS as shown on video to pull the filament out. In case 2, just relase tubes from both side of the spring loaded box and see if you can pull filament out. Hope that helps.
I really need help please. I can not disconnect anything in the back. Everything is stuck. Starting from the 1:40 mark on the video, none of the connectors are disconnecting. I see the black PETG running through the pipes but the connectors just wont break loose
You should be able to disconnect the PTFE tube on hose connector by press the blue part inward. Cut the filament when you can. If the hose on top really wont disconnect, try disconnect lower area where hose goes to the light gray box, I shou have that cover on video. As long as you can disconnect somewhere and cut the filament, you should be able to find where it stuck and get it out.
@@SvgLau Thank you so much for replying. Once I removed the tube from behind the AMS box itself, I was able to pull out the rest of the tube connections. I guess since my filament was running all the way through, I needed some slack in the tubes to be able to pull them apart. Turns out my filament was stuck within the print-head, right before the nozzle. I heated up the allen wrench and stuck in there to melt the filament then pulled it out once they cooled down inside. I am running calibration now hoping that fixed it.
Sorry, but this video is not very thorough. You mention 3-4 places the problem can be while you go through "defining the problem", however you only cover the solution for one of them. I. E. No solution for this error code if the filament is stuck on the first area you check (going into the printer itself).
Thank you for the very easy to follow tutorial - fixed my issues!
Glad it helped!
Checked out a few videos on this topic and this one is the best - simple, direct, and to the point with good visuals and simplistic instructions. Thank you. I'm now subscribed.
Great video! The instructions were clear, precise, and straight to the point. I was able to fix my filament clog easily thanks to your step-by-step guidance. Keep up the awesome work
Just for future reference you're not supposed to use flexibles like TPU in the AMS unit.
Edit:
Thank you for posting these types of videos. It's thanks to your contribution that others may service their machines etc in the future. Especially if they don't have a technical background or experience.
It really comes to my original goal of making this channel. My self comes with an engineer background but still have hard time starting with 3d printing as a newcomer to this hobbit. So a lot of those videos are really focused on beginners and some more of prevent beginner's common user errors.
It ended up taking me so much time to produce videos like these, and review numbers are predictable low. But as long as it helps people and I see positive feedback, I will still do it.
That is what I like 3d printing, open source, and the community are the charm of this hobbit.
OMG! I lost power while printing with a glow-in-the-dark filament. Dude, this video simplified what I expected to be a disaster. Thank you. I'm back up and running. I was down for maybe 15 minutes. Again, thanks for the video!
glad it helped! happy printing.
Very clear & usefull tutorial, thanks for having shared it (yeah i just encountered my first AMS clog today, due to the very end of a spool having been bent way too much at the end by the filament maker)
Thanks bud!!! Just got my second ams the other day and it instantly jammed. Turned out to be a piece stuck inside from manufacturing process. But, now I know exactly what to do when this issue appears! Running 8 colors it's only a matter of time
Filament broke inside the AMS on my printer. Thanks to your video, I was able to fix the problem. Thank you very much!
Really helpful -- just bought a P1s partly based on your review/comparison videos
Like so many others, your video helped me quickly and easily resolve my very first AMS clog. Thank you yet again for creating and sharing this video!
Nice video! Helped me with my first AMS clog. Thanks for posting this
Thanks dude, helped me out with my filament being stuck in the AMS. Really well explained and edited!
Great video, thanks! The hardest part about this is reattaching the filament tube back into the AMS. I did it wrong 5 times before I got it right. The alignment isn't the best, and it is hard to feel it. I would hope they can make that better in version 2 ... I would hope that the connection to the AMS could somehow be "hardened" to ensure it would go in the 1st time. Otherwise, spot on. My clog was the result of it finishing a spool, and the end of the spool had a kink in it where the filament inserted into the spool. That kink got jammed in the AMS feed gear.
Amazing video! Exactly what I needed and straight to the point. Very much appreciated!
Thanks man... 3rd day with the printer and you saved me a tonne of aggravation. Back up and running :)
Thank you so much for this, couldn't be more exactly the issue I had and how to fix it! Was able to undo the issue in
Hi, great video, very helpful.
I had some issues with A4, I saw the filament is stuck inside the wither of the AMS, and removing both sides of the PTFE tube seems there is no filament but is still stuck, any suggestions? Thanks
Good video! I had a little bit of filament caught in the 4-1 manifold, and this helped me get it out. Plus, I learned not to use TPU in the AMS, so bonus! :D
Thanks for the video. It helped me with my clog. Luckily I didn't have to take apart the AMS. Just removing the PTFE tubes and I was able to pull free the filament. Cheers!
Thank you so much! Every other video I found did not have to use the lever but that's exactly what I needed to know.
This video just saved me so much time. Thanks!
Very useful video. The question for me is, why does PLA clog on the AMS return pull? I'll have it clog with Creality PLA (the same clear spool you showed at :30), which I thought was the spool's fault, but I transferred it to a Bambu spool and it still clogged. It's totally fine PLA otherwise. The Bambu spool with Creality filament wasn't perfectly wound (but not that bad either) so my only guess is that it needs a very well balanced Bambu spool to work properly. Why though? The Creality spool seems to roll and grip just fine.
I have two types of filament from creality using that style of spool. Ender series always works fine, HP series always snaps within the system and cause issues. So, for my guess, is that the fialments cause issues instead of spool in this case. Cuz I know my HP series filament is wet and always snap randomly. If you have filament dryer, try to dry your creality filament first, and it might be helpful.
I also found that when the creality spool near empty. It sometimes get lift by the gear pulling the filament. There is a mod online called "AMS helper" might help with this, it may help with your situation.
@@SvgLau I don't think it's a lifting problem since I have had it happen with almost full spools. I finally had it happen with a nicely wound roll of Overture on a Bambu spool so now I sort of think it's an AMS defect. It still could be the PLA, but it's hard to convince me of that since the PLA it happens with works and feels completely fine otherwise. I did find that if I tug on the filament lightly while it's "retrying" the pull, then it catches and pulls fine, so that's at least a plus and again makes me think it's an AMS "catching" issue.
@@one_mega_ohm9139I'm having this exact same issue. My PLA Plus is NOT breaking, fraying, warping or anything. But somehow the AMS will fail to pull it back. If I completely turn off and reinstall the AMS though it manages to do full calibration just fine, it's as if the motor in the AMS is not getting full power during retract at the end of the print but works fine elsewhere. I am getting some underextrusion though which is concerning.
@@one_mega_ohm9139 I am having the same thing happen! I'm using Bambu PLA, Amazon basics, etc. I tried all kinds of spools. It's def not that. The tugging thing you describe is exactly what I have to do like every 5 min. SO FRUSTRATING.
Does that Allen wrench come with the AMS? What mm is the screw?
You should have two allen wrench come with your printer. It is the smaller one, they are packed in paper box on accessory pack.
A quick-access door on the bottom would be much nicer than taking it apart each time.
Extremely helpful! Thank you
What if this happens every single print is finished or on a color change? It seems to be happening to me on any filiment & only when its retracting.... ive fixed this 5 times in a row now & same thing kink in the filiment inside the ams feeder.... 😅 any suggestions? Im going crazy 😅
there are some upgrade you can do to potentially to fix this issue. It all basically relate to the pefe tube feeding system. I will make one update video in few days to talk about it.
I'm having the same exact issue. Seems to be excessive friction in the AMS which has nothing to do with clogging. Mine is less than a month old, but in slots 3 and 4 the retract after a print fails often and I'm also getting a little underextrusion which creates weak but functional parts. Sadly parts I cannot sell for my business. I think the PTFE feeding has some extreme sensitivity to the friction of a filament has passing through.
This really helped. Thank you mate!
Glad it helped!
YOU SAVED MY LIFE THANK YOU
awesome video my man. thank you!
Thanks! Very detailed and usefull clip
Thank you so much for the love and support! I hope my future videos will be helpful to you!
This saved me. Thanks
Thank you! Super helpful.
Thank you! It helped me
super helpful, thank you
saved my life
how do i get a stuck bit that is between the white box on the back and the printer @1:36 my piece isn't sticking out. the feeder pipe.
Thanks, it help me a lot
Hi all, since today i keep getting error that there is some thing stuck in the filament tubes and to try again. I checked all tubes and even the nozzle and the filament reaches the nozzle no problem, in fac if I detach the tube from the nozzle, the filament keeps on flowing to it indefinitely, but once it reaches the nozzle hole it stops and goes back. there is nothing stuck in there,i checked multiple times, even with a little neelds to see if there was a little particle of the previous filament but nothing, what i need to do?
我已经手动把堵住的料清理了但是它必须要我unload。根本没有料它也unload不出来。然后会继续抱错。有没有办法让ams强制认为某一个槽已经空了哇？
for my english speaking friends: I had a clog and removed manually. But AMS still thinks there’s material in that slots and keeps trying to “unload” where there isn’t anything already. It will always error out during unload saying stuck filament when there isn’t anything to begin with. Is there anyway to hardsreset ams?
Check if there is nozzle stuck on extruder, it will also cause error report as you described.
Also try to disconnect the ams cables to the printer while power off and reboot it again.
@@SvgLau solved, I just loaded a seperate spool and that's solves the problem somehow without trying to unload.
@@SvgLau thanks!
Thanks!
Good tutorial, but my filament, in this case ninjaflex, is not releasing when I push down hammer. any ideas ?
So, if I got you problem right. When you push down the leveler, but you not able to pull the filament out.
I will first check on the PTFE tube above Extruder and see if filament stuck in there. If it does, heat the nozzle, retract filament. Or, you can open the extruder front cover, release the PTFE tube inside extruder to manully pull the filament out.
If your filament wasn't stuck above extruder, I will go back or the AMS box and check if my filament stuck on two possible area: 1, (tubes behinds AMS). 2, (tubes behind the printer, where there is a spring loaded box). Normally if filament stuck on 1, you will need to disassembly the AMS as shown on video to pull the filament out. In case 2, just relase tubes from both side of the spring loaded box and see if you can pull filament out.
Hope that helps.
@@SvgLau actually, I tried same way later and filament did come out. from now on, just using PLA in AMS! thanks for help.
I really need help please. I can not disconnect anything in the back. Everything is stuck. Starting from the 1:40 mark on the video, none of the connectors are disconnecting. I see the black PETG running through the pipes but the connectors just wont break loose
You should be able to disconnect the PTFE tube on hose connector by press the blue part inward. Cut the filament when you can. If the hose on top really wont disconnect, try disconnect lower area where hose goes to the light gray box, I shou have that cover on video. As long as you can disconnect somewhere and cut the filament, you should be able to find where it stuck and get it out.
@@SvgLau Thank you so much for replying. Once I removed the tube from behind the AMS box itself, I was able to pull out the rest of the tube connections. I guess since my filament was running all the way through, I needed some slack in the tubes to be able to pull them apart. Turns out my filament was stuck within the print-head, right before the nozzle. I heated up the allen wrench and stuck in there to melt the filament then pulled it out once they cooled down inside. I am running calibration now hoping that fixed it.
Thanks. Helpfull!
Thanks man!
Mine has brokenoff innthe black thing with the motor attached and i cant get the jam out
Is the ams supposed to be oilly
I think it should stay dry beside the gear set area.
My filament doesn’t slide out when I try to pull it out of the tube
Thanks! yep mine broke off, inside.
Yeah dude you are not supposed to put TPU in your AMS
I wish I knew that before I started. 😆
He says that
This can also happen with PLA and any material. Be glad he used TPU and showed a solution to the problem instead of being a smarthead about it.
Barely used the thing and it snaps off. How is there not an quicker and easier solution to this...
the camera im having trouble not working in the moments
Did you try to contact customer support?
Sorry, but this video is not very thorough.
You mention 3-4 places the problem can be while you go through "defining the problem", however you only cover the solution for one of them.
I. E. No solution for this error code if the filament is stuck on the first area you check (going into the printer itself).
Lmao at tpu
Very helpful. Thank you.
Thank you!
Thanks!
Thank you so much for the love and support!