E3D V6 Clone 1.75mm filament jamming April 04, 2016 07:47PM |
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Re: E3D V6 Clone 1.75mm filament jamming April 05, 2016 12:21AM |
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Re: E3D V6 Clone 1.75mm filament jamming April 05, 2016 07:39AM |
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Re: E3D V6 Clone 1.75mm filament jamming April 05, 2016 09:00AM |
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toxuin
According to the picture you've posted, your heat break (a.k.a "throat") is not aligned with the nozzle. This gives you that "step" on the filament.
Re: E3D V6 Clone 1.75mm filament jamming April 05, 2016 09:01AM |
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toxuin
Here's my personal trick to get PLA print jam-free on any metal hot end: coat the heat break innards with tungsten disulfide (WS2). It will make oh-so-sticky PLA go straight through without congestions, even if your retraction settings are so bad that you actually pull the melted plastic into cold zone (don't do that). WS2 is normally sold in form of black powder and can be applied using isopropyl alcohol. It costs about 20$ / bag. Avoid the powder with patricles smaller than 0.5 micron (sometimes labelled "nano") – microparticles are invisible and get airborne really easy and can even be absorbed by naked skin. Not good for health.
Re: E3D V6 Clone 1.75mm filament jamming April 05, 2016 09:56AM |
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toxuin
Here's my personal trick to get PLA print jam-free on any metal hot end: coat the heat break innards with tungsten disulfide (WS2).
Re: E3D V6 Clone 1.75mm filament jamming April 05, 2016 11:04AM |
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Re: E3D V6 Clone 1.75mm filament jamming April 05, 2016 12:32PM |
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Lol that sounds like too high a price for someone to apply the coating for you. Process is really straightforward.Quote
ElmoC
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I recoat my heatbreak right when I eat up a roll of plastic (1kg). Never had a jam in the heatbreak ever since. About the rods – I don't think this is really necessary if you use ball bearings since contact area is so small. If you use bushings it may be beneficial, but only if you use plain bronze bushings without graphite and it sounds like a weird choice. Graphite-impregrated bushings have similar stuff built right in them so no need to lubricate them. Igus plastic bushings are lubrication-free too. Also, I am not aware of the effect of WS2 has on Igus plastics, but I wouldn't risk it.Quote
DjDemonD
Would you coat your smooth rods with it? How durable is it?
Re: E3D V6 Clone 1.75mm filament jamming April 05, 2016 12:42PM |
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Lol that sounds like too high a price for someone to apply the coating for you. Process is really straightforward.Quote
ElmoC
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Re: E3D V6 Clone 1.75mm filament jamming April 05, 2016 01:45PM |
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Re: E3D V6 Clone 1.75mm filament jamming April 06, 2016 08:56AM |
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Reading all the comments, to me it seems that it is more feasible to buy the real stuff than to buy clones. The reason I went for the clone is because when I bought the V5 original, I saw the schematics on E3D's website. I thought, how hard would it be to machine one from the schematics. I guess clone makers always take a shortcut no matter how easy or cheap it would be to make stuff. That being said, is it possible for me to convert my original V5 3mm direct extrusion to a 1.75 Bowden setup? I know there is a lot of variables involved.
Re: E3D V6 Clone 1.75mm filament jamming April 06, 2016 01:04PM |
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Re: E3D V6 Clone 1.75mm filament jamming April 07, 2016 11:23AM |
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Re: E3D V6 Clone 1.75mm filament jamming April 07, 2016 12:03PM |
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David J
I bought 2 original E3Dv6, and have only experienced 4 or 5 jams since I bought them many months ago. I know exactly why they jammed - I didn't follow the process that I've established over time. This is to unload the filament when I've finished with it, and to leave the power on (and therefore the hotend heatsink fan running) until the software shows that the nozzle temp is down to something near to room temperature. This takes just a few minutes.
If I follow this process then the E3Dv6 just does not jam for me; if I get impatient and turn off the machine too early then the nozzle may well be jammed the next time I use the printer.
Yes, the original hotend cost me a fair bit of money - but I value my time. I also value the efforts that the designers put into their product.
Re: E3D V6 Clone 1.75mm filament jamming April 07, 2016 01:34PM |
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rmlrn
That doesn't really seem like a premium product worth paying a lot for. Most printers do not require unloading the filament whenever you stop printing.