It unfortunately doesn ' t work that way . <| sep |> I have never printed with flexible filament , not a ton with rigid , just kinda making things up . Have you ever tried a PTFE tube for the run and have a zip tied sponge filter with vegetable oil somewhere before it gets to the PTFE ? These ideas might help eliminate tons of friction . I ' d consider making placement of the filament as aligned and straight above the extruder as you can . The last thought is a second extruder motor placed just at the start of the filament reel . I suspect this might eliminate most of the issue , but I ' ve never tried . <| sep |> As a former Fort McMurray resident , you can say lots of good things about fort mac people but ' collectively well informed ' is not one of them .