Bowden tube is self explaining - uses Teflon and is PTFE (very low friction), or you could go with capricorn which is meant to be even better but when it comes to bowden connectors - even though i am able to research sizes/threads/push through - cant find the difference between blue and black top, …

I don’t know if there is a standard for the colours of the connectors but the ones I own are as you have described.

@halr9000 he is probably looking for PTFE tubing to go from the extruder coller out of the enclosure and to his filament roll. it seems to be a fairly popular mode that acts as a good filament guide and reduces exposure to dust and moisture.

@halr9000 - i am sure you have helped me before? so your statement would seem really out of character, i am going to assume you are having a bad day instead of reporting the comment. @Atom yes, mostly right (thankyou) - as i couldn’t find an answer on the net, maybe it was a mistake to ask here - …

@Nazar something might be getting lost in translation. “Dumb question” means what follows is likely trivial / redundant / obvious, but since halr9000 isn’t sure he was trying to make sure you DIDN’T take offense at the question. He’s asking what you’re trying to do with Bowden connectors, since the…

its okay, and we should really drop this - the further it is discussed, the bigger of an issue it becomes. thanks anyway brent :smiley:

Edit: just want to point this out to help resolve any confusion from others in the future another thing is that the term “Bowden” is usually associated with an extruder style. otherwise they tend to just be referred to as PTFE tubes. and i could be wrong but i think “Bowden” specifically refers to …

Brent has it right. As we don’t have Bowden extruders, I was just wondering why you were asking. Atom had a good answer, so is all good.

In my opinion, the Bowden cable is not necessarily just related to the sort of extruder. I understand that many people think that this means that the extruder feed is on one side of the bowden cable and the extruder on the other. But in the sense of the word Bowden cable, Nazar was not wrong either…

Ah! What we have here is the (understandable) misuse of the term Bowden tube (or cable). The setup shown is using a press-fit tubing connector to route the filament to the printhead. On a number of 3D printers that use a Bowden tube they use similar (if not the same) parts. The difference is th…

just want to say, love the pic you use :grinning: it has been a long time since i have seen the muppets :smiley: i never thought this thread would generate so many posts :slight_smile: so there is a difference between PTFE and bowden tube, i understand the difference (thanks to rojaljelly) but to…

HAHAHA, should we turn this thread into one where we try to define the word “bowden” as it relates to 3d printing? @rojaljelly has a good point that Bowden cables are used outside of 3d printing and in those cases it is almost always a pulling force on the inner cable. witch would mean that a direct…

Bowden connectors/couplers

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Thats was I use at the time

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