need a hot end

Looking for a reccomendation for a good hot end ?

Ive been using the jhead mkiv-b but just not happy with the results I've been mostly printing with abs but would like to also try nylon and wood filament ?

E3D V5

+1 for E3D.

If you are willing to wait a little bit and pay less, I'm currently working on a more economic all metal hotend.

If money is no object, get prusa's all metal hotend .

tom10122 Wrote:
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> If money is no object, get prusa's all metal
> hotend .


I don't mind paying more for quality yet at the same time I'm not overpaying for something so simple.

I've honestly been reading about thr prusa nozzle and its overpriced in my opinion

tom10122 Wrote:
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> If money is no object, get prusa's all metal
> hotend .

Prusa's V1 is inconsistent and has significant design issues. So much so that the next version appears to be an E3D copy to correct the issues in the first version.

I'm considering the e3d I'm also trying to change my whole setup I'm getting really tired of spending more time cleaning chewed up filament from my hobbed bolt and less time printing

Are you sure the issue is with the hotend? I have the same hotend you do (from hotends.com), it doesn't jam and prints beautifully. Your j-head should not jam, especially with ABS.

If you are getting jams so bad that the filament is chewed up, you are probably just printing at a very low temperature.

Make sure that you have the correct thermistor setting in your firmware. If still jamming, raise the printing temperature.

Try Sublime's Tantillus calculator, it tells you what temperature to print at (the calculator is for the Tantillus printer, but it should give you a good idea of what temperature to use based on nozzle size, speed and layer height).

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/07/2013 10:42PM by lajos.

I will double check it worked fine for a little while then it just started jamming I cleaned it I'm going to swap out a spare brass nozzle I've been printing at 220