3d Printing Crew: Tugboats up in this biatch

[TheGreat8]

should I heat the nozzle up to remove it with a wrench?

 

[CPTMULLET]

should I heat the nozzle up to remove it with a wrench?

I personally think it's worth warming, like 100c though, no need to go to printing temps

 

[TheGreat8]

gotcha thanks

 

[TheGreat8]

holy shit it's suuuuper clogged. I think I'm just gonna order a new hot end. This thing is PACKED in the nozzle and the hot end.

 

[Buttons]

AND DON'T TOUCH THE HOT NOZZLE WITH YOUR FINGERS.

 

[TheGreat8]

I ordered a new one

 

[CPTMULLET]

AND DON'T TOUCH THE HOT NOZZLE WITH YOUR FINGERS.

how else do you test if the hotend is working

 

[CPTMULLET]

holy shit it's suuuuper clogged. I think I'm just gonna order a new hot end. This thing is PACKED in the nozzle and the hot end.

oh to be clear a clog is generally above the hot part in the heat break, anything below that it should melt out

but I also am a big fan of just throwing new hot end parts at the problem instead of spending hours with pics and heaters trying to unfuck it

 

[CPTMULLET]

What are the parts that make up a hotend, and what do they do?

My first and only 3D printer is a Printrbot Simple Metal, which has a hotend that doesn't expose any of its internal parts. Easy for beginners, I suppose: "The hotend is that tube that heats up the

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[TheGreat8]

Oh shit I forgot mine came with an extra nozzle. if I can get the block cleared, it should work. I'm still just keeping the one I ordered just in case. I mean, I might still need it lol

 

[TheGreat8]

Well, I know why this happened at least. I didn't push the bowden tube back in far enough, so it was just dumping filament allllll in the block.

 

[Valence]

what's the new hotness in resin printers? now that wash stations are common I wanna upgrade

 

[OneTwo]

Well, I know why this happened at least. I didn't push the bowden tube back in far enough, so it was just dumping filament allllll in the block.

Came here to post this. Its an all to common problem. Even .1mm gap will be enough for the material to eventually start backing up and melting/cooking in the bowden and making a mess.

You also need to make sure you cut the bowden really straight so it sits flush when put back in.

 

[OneTwo]

what's the new hotness in resin printers? now that wash stations are common I wanna upgrade

Elegoo, get the size you want and cant go wrong. Also make sure to get the water washable resin. Easy water cleanup, much less smell.

 

[Valence]

Elegoo, get the size you want and cant go wrong. Also make sure to get the water washable resin. Easy water cleanup, much less smell.

in my experience that resin cracked a few months later

 

[OneTwo]

in my experience that resin cracked a few months later

Thats the #1 thing uncured resin will do. Was it a dark color?
I always go with white or clear now as the sun can penetrate and cure things much better/faster than even light grey. I'll never go black again

 

[TheGreat8]

Would it be a terrible idea to shoot a heat gun into the heatsink looking block?

 

[CPTMULLET]

Would it be a terrible idea to shoot a heat gun into the heatsink looking block?

post pictures

 

[TheGreat8]

Got my heat break unblocked....big ass log was in it. Now just gotta get the heatsink section unclogged.

 

[TheGreat8]

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[TheGreat8]

scratch that, just need some slight force behind it. WE CLEAR.

 

[CPTMULLET]

man my bambu really doesn't want to print PLA

 

[OneTwo]

Use the cool plate for pla. I put the textured plate behind the printer to never be used again.

 

[CPTMULLET]

Use the cool plate for pla. I put the textured plate behind the printer to never be used again.

those were failing too

 

[CPTMULLET]

I probably need to put some time into tuning my PLA profile, but I bought this thing to not have to do that