How to swap or replace 3d printer filament reels mid print on Ender3 and ender 3 Pro.

Ever realised you are running out of 3D printer filament on your Ender 3 3D printer mid print? Wondered what to do about it? Well here's how to deal with this situation if and when it happens to you.

How to add 3d printer filament mid print.

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[DragonflyDroneServicesLLC]

As a newbie on 3D printing I must say that your video save my project. Thank you

[schogaia]

Try to do this while the printer just has started the infill on a new layer. That way you can prevent holes on the outer shell that might occur due to temporary underextrusion when resuming the print.

[landoom]

You saved my butt, thanks! I had 15 minutes left in a 19hr print. Tried this method and it worked flawlessly.

[karolgolden]

Thanks man! I've got around 20 hours left on my print and I think I will have to change filament but thanks to you I know how to do it mid print!

[OG_Sleepy]

I was in a panic for about half a second when I looked at my roll into my first 40 hour print.
Thank you.

[WarriorAlexOG]

Just got my printer yesterday, and this video helped me save a 2 hour print. Thank you for the super quick tutorial

[IFartGlitter_]

You just confirmed that my instincts were good and made me much less worried. Thanks!

[Dave]

Thanks dude, kinda makes sense but as a newbie its good to know I'm on the right track with some of my thinking

[noahblade]

Thank you so much! I don’t have enough filament in my role left for the print and I started freaking out. This is the exact vid I needed. Tysm

[JoshuaEssary]

Thanks for actually showing the screen clearly on those steps. 91% through first print, and looks like I've got about 2 ft left. 🤞

[Mintysuzukii]

Excellent I'm a new 3d printer owner thanks for your help keep up the good work 😊

[pablodiazmorales]

OK, just saw this and made a newbie mistake!!! Everything was as you said but when I was inserting the filament, I moved a tinny bit the printing head, and the entire project was shifted those few mm.... thank you for your video :)

[WeMakeVideosCA]

TLDR;
Get your new spool. Gut at 45 degree angle at a nicely curved piece of the PLA
Pause Print
Remove filament from extruder and tube.
Load new spool. Feed thru extruder and tube all the thru to the hot end.
Preheat PLA. Preheat bed.
Resume Printing

[kitsongaming]

Thank you, never had this problem until recently so your a lifesaver

[kokkerrot]

Thanks, this video just saved my a$$, only had about 10cm left (excluding what was in the Bowden tube)and was only on 90%

[J_J]

Watching this video with four inches left of pla and 3 hours left on print

[JasAcevedo]

Thanks! It helped me while I was an inch to loose the filament 😂

[cyberdolphin]

Love the video, how come the audio only plays on my left headphone?

[ajsl]

hey, i can´t hear you so well, i think its because the sound of your video is only playing into the left ear of headpohnes and the unlucky thing for me is that iam partly deaf on left ear.
Edit: i had problem with this only in the intro. Btw really nice video, iam new into 3D printing so it assured me that i did it the right way.

[NoClueH]

!WARNING! I have an Ender pro 3 with the latest MB. I paused the print and it just stopped where it was. So I auto homed, so I could run a little extrude and make sure the new filament was coming out ok, figuring the printer would know it had been homed and pick up the print from there.
IT DID NOT! It seemed to think that it was still where it had paused and started trying to print from there, crashing my print nozzle into my bed, and causing my steppers to jump as it tried to push down through the print bed. Be really careful and don’t make the same mistake. Hope that helps others to avoid this issue. Oh, and my print was ruined 12 hrs in with 4 left to go 😢😢😢