EBay extruder - never saw before.

Does anyone know what the deal is with this? It looks like a good attempt. Not sure how well it would work, how heavy it would be, and how hot it can get (PC compatible?)

[www.ebay.com]

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My biggest concern would be where do you get replacement parts from? It's coming from China.

Odd they don't ship to China, Germany, UK and Italy. I can't think why that would be.

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Says 411 grams.

It looks like steel. Wouldn't you want aluminum?

Wonder if it has any PTFE in it.

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Looks like a Chinese copy of the QU-BD hotend

lotw Wrote:
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> Looks like a Chinese copy of the QU-BD hotend


Exactly, thats what I thought too. And the QU-BD extruder is better, and cheaper.
I wouldn't buy the chinese one unless you have money to spend on experiments.

lotw Wrote:
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> Looks like a Chinese copy of the QU-BD hotend

most things are somehow "derivated" from some other things...of course you call it "copy" or "knockoff" because i chinese is selling it

QU-BD team has been "inspired" by the Makerbot extruder, and so on, nothing wrong with this

I tested this extruder from that auction and it does not work!

it doesnt say whats included in price

inspirator Wrote:
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> lotw Wrote:
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> > Looks like a Chinese copy of the QU-BD hotend
>
> most things are somehow "derivated" from some
> other things...of course you call it "copy" or
> "knockoff" because i chinese is selling it
>
> QU-BD team has been "inspired" by the Makerbot
> extruder, and so on, nothing wrong with this
>
> I tested this extruder from that auction and it
> does not work!



You tested it and it doesn't work? Good, so here we have a reference, well, unregistered to the forum, but anyway.

Can you tell us why it doesn't work?
I am curious, the heating element looks like something I've never seen before. I can't imagine it working like a metal one.

inspirator Wrote:
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> I tested this extruder from that auction and it
> does not work!

Maybe they copied it too exactly?

I am kidding. I have a QU-BD printer on order.

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Ohmarinus Wrote:
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> I am curious, the heating element looks like
> something I've never seen before. I can't imagine
> it working like a metal one.

Looks like RTV139 silicone.