Kettle Hat Hot End

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Kettle Hat Hot End

Release status: Experimental

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Acorn type hot end
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The kettle hat hot end is a DIY hotend intended for those who don't have a lathe.

At first you need a M6 acorn nut made of brass (DIN 1587) with a 0.5mm hole at the top, a 40 mm long M6 threaded rod made of stainless steel with a drilled trough hole of 3.2 mm, a washer with 30 mm diameter, and an M6 nut.

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There are 3 types of holes in the washer: 8 mm, 3 mm and 2mm.

Now assemble the parts:

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Wind insulated nichrome wire around the base of the acorn nut and fixate a termistor to the nut. Insulate the wire with silicone tube.

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Now take a second washer and omit the 2 mm holes. Instead of 8mm the big hole has a diameter of 9.5 mm this time.

Assemble it in front of the first washer.

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Now, put some fire cement between the washers and carefully heat it up in order to dry the cement.

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Use core end sleeves to attach the wires and insulate properly.

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Hotend together with a cooling fan (Northbridge).