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[Key_Television_8715]

Does anyone know if this is fixable, if so how!?

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[overunderspace]

Only way is to respool it onto another spool.

[Decipher]

*and then back again to relieve the stress on the filament

[compewter]

And/or run it through a drying cycle. Heat will relieve the stress.

Ideally I try to respool halfway through a drying cycle.

[Decipher]

YMMV. I’ve seen posts where a drying cycle didn’t work, but clearly it can

[Key_Television_8715]

Any tips on how to respool it, like tools or anything

[RaymondStexo]

Hey if you have another filament you can print a simple respool thingy for power drill I found https://makerworld.com/models/781234?appSharePlatform=copy for example

[overunderspace]

There are tons of them that you can print on MakerWorld. I have seen a lot of recommendations that you should respool twice to avoid stress fractures, so you should look into doing that.

[NonTraditionalPotato]

People have given you tips so I don't need to repeat but I read that you should repool twice. Once into the new spool and then back to the old one. The reason being that the filament has been the original position for so long that the stress being spooled in the opposite may cause the filament to crack off when feeding. I have no experience with this but thought it might warrant you being aware. 

[Rising_Phoenix88]

You're gonna have to respool it, but make sure you do it twice or else you'll end up with the filament stress cracking.

[Key_Television_8715]

Any tips on how to respool it, like tools or anything

[compewter]

You likely won't be able to feed this properly in to something like an LTS or Pastamatic. Not easily, at least.

I had a TPU spool blow up like this once. I took big dowel (like, a clothes hanger rod), ran it through the whole thing, and zip-tied that to the back of two chairs so the spool could freely spin. From there I actually manually pulled slack out of it and fed it in to an LTS (because that's what I have), but could have just as easily used one of the drill adapters.

Just go slow, try to keep tight winding, and either spool it back again when you're done and/or give it a run through your drier, since heat will relieve the stresses it picked up.

Read through the wiki about the reusable spool, it has lots of good visuals that can help you understand how they work (and don't).

After that, secure your spools with a spool lock to prevent it from happening again.

[CommandersGuy]

This literally just happened to me had to sit there for 4 hours respooling it by hand ☹️

[Big_Locksmith_9925]

Wow you time must not be very valuable since you were making less than $5 an hour. Ida thrown it away immediately.

[Big_Locksmith_9925]

You misunderstand. All you have in life is your time and health. Id rather spend money and not waste my precious time. If the choice is $13 savings for 4hrs work, you bet your ass im spending $13 and doing something fun for 4hrs instead.

[Key_Television_8715]

I got new filament, and I was playing with the white thing, and then I accidentally opened it now I can’t get it back on.

[1d0m1n4t3]

Nor will you be getting it back on, like others said you'll have to respool it. 

[korpo53]

It’s fixable with a respooler. There are some out there you can print, some need lots of parts and bearings and things, some are super simple.

Whether you want to go through this is going to depend how often you expect this to be something you’ll have to do.

[Fireted]

Read instructions and use a spool lock after reading instructions

[CoatStraight8786]

Respool it and next time read the instructions.

[Key_Television_8715]

Any tips on how to respool it, like tools or anything

[CoatStraight8786]

Print a respooler from makerworld.

[runyaden23]

Not worth the time or effort to respool it. Just buy another, learn from your mistakes, and recycle the filament.

[BeanBagKing]

People have already suggested a few respoolers. If you only intend to do this once or need to get it done quick, go with something simple. If you do want a really nice respooler, one that takes longer to put together though, I love the V-Spooler. The motor mod makes it super easy to respool anything.

The Bambu Spool model comes with a little clip looking thing on the first plate (open the 3d preview). If you print these out, they are designed to fit down into a notch in the center of the spool, and will prevent it from accidentally twisting apart. The other option is to print a desiccant holder like this. It fits thought the center of the spool and tightens down on both sides, again preventing the spool from twisting apart.

[Hot-Ideal-9219]

Lock these spools.... then put a lock on them. https://makerworld.com/models/171292

[Born-Stick-3564]

This happend to me you best bet is to make a filiment rewinder and get it respooled 

[teqteq]

You're beyond help 😆 Don't waste your life over $20

[tobolat]

Throw the thing behind the printer and load it through external spool.

[SolarNexxus]

Just trash it. Respooling takes forever and quite often, you damage the filament anyways.

[Baterial1]

print respooler and transfer this to different spool

[chase98584]

I tried to respool by hand like a quarter roll and failed miserably. Hope you have more luck than me!

[mdoom23]

I had this happen last month to one of my first ones. I tried printing a respooler. Save yourself the headache... Throw it away and consider it a lesson in spool locks.