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The perfect Hotend

Posted by 3DEB

3DEB

The perfect Hotend
January 19, 2015 02:52PM

Registered: 8 years ago
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Hi Reprapper,

I buy recently a Prusa i3 with a Chinese's hotend and I want to build a new hotend by myself, but I relatively new in the 3D printing. So, my question is simple: which features are important to have for a perfect hotend according to your experience?

Thank you in advance for your help!

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ekaggrat

Re: The perfect Hotend
January 19, 2015 09:14PM

Registered: 10 years ago
Posts: 363

been there done that

groove or grooveless hotend

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Srek

Re: The perfect Hotend
January 20, 2015 02:09AM

Registered: 11 years ago
Posts: 2,470

been there done that
[reprap.org]

[www.bonkers.de]
[merlin-hotend.de]
[www.hackerspace-ffm.de]

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Ohmarinus

Re: The perfect Hotend
January 20, 2015 06:51AM

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Registered: 9 years ago
Posts: 3,096

It largely depends on your needs. I have the Merlin, as Shrek is linking, and I must say, I'm very satisfied! My main plastic to print is PLA.

http://www.marinusdebeer.nl/

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epicepee

Re: The perfect Hotend
January 27, 2015 11:10PM

Registered: 9 years ago
Posts: 471

My E3D v6 is awesome. It's all-metal, so it can hit any temperature I need, and it has yet to jam. I'd like a slightly smaller nozzle, and dualstrusion / lighter weight would be nice, but what I have totally works.

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Stud54

Re: The perfect Hotend
January 29, 2015 09:01AM

Registered: 8 years ago
Posts: 4,398

I built my own Hotend. It looks like an E3D, but has some nice features. And my Nozzle design is also different.
Click on the link below.

Regards Sven

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