Possibly the wrong hot end? Hi, I'm currently getting all the parts together to build a press Mendel i2 and I've noticed the hot end I've bought is designed for a Bowden extruder but I've realised the plastic parts kit comes with the parts to build a greggs hinged extruder. From the pictures I notice the main difference is the one that I've bought has a blue plastic sort of button, that the filament goes through. Will this still work or is there anything I can do to adapt it? Thanks for the help. Ben https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?4,453578,453578#msg-453578 Mon, 16 Mar 2026 11:33:25 -0400 Phorum 5.2.23 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?4,453578,453745#msg-453745 Re: Possibly the wrong hot end? https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?4,453578,453745#msg-453745 Ben]]> Ben.folkes Reprappers Sun, 11 Jan 2015 11:23:22 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?4,453578,453667#msg-453667 Re: Possibly the wrong hot end? https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?4,453578,453667#msg-453667
You can unscrew the brass fitting, but low distance hotends have a tight hole at the top to guide the filament properly :

If you remove the push-in coupler, you shoud replace it by a fitting (possibly printed) to help guidind the filament on the top of the hotend.
]]> Zavashier Reprappers Sun, 11 Jan 2015 07:50:41 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?4,453578,453579#msg-453579 Re: Possibly the wrong hot end? https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?4,453578,453579#msg-453579 Ben.folkes Reprappers Sat, 10 Jan 2015 23:23:58 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?4,453578,453578#msg-453578 Possibly the wrong hot end? https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?4,453578,453578#msg-453578 Thanks for the help.
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