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i3 Boxed, Resco Hotend

Posted by TRoager

TRoager

i3 Boxed, Resco Hotend
December 11, 2013 01:39PM

Registered: 12 years ago
Posts: 100

Hello Guys.

i was wondering if someone could help me...

im building this hotend:
[reprap.org]

but i just got into some trouble. i cant find an extruder that fits this hot end.
So maybe any of you knew an extruder that fits or maybe can help me build one for my Prusa i3 Boxed Frame.

Thanks in Advance

- TRoager

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uncle_bob

Re: i3 Boxed, Resco Hotend
December 11, 2013 06:18PM

Registered: 13 years ago
Posts: 1,433

That extruder looks like it fits the normal Wades / Greg's / what ever series of extruders. Anything that would work with a J-Head should work with that hot end.

More or less:

[www.thingiverse.com]

and all the multitude of offshoots should work ok.

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TRoager

Re: i3 Boxed, Resco Hotend
December 12, 2013 09:56AM

Registered: 12 years ago
Posts: 100

What about the fixing plate, would it fit ?

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uncle_bob

Re: i3 Boxed, Resco Hotend
December 12, 2013 01:19PM

Registered: 13 years ago
Posts: 1,433

If it's got the correctly spaced holes in it, it should fit fine. Put another way - the slot in the plate matches with the hot end. The two holes in the plate are spaced based on the extruder design.

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TRoager

Re: i3 Boxed, Resco Hotend
December 12, 2013 03:46PM

Registered: 12 years ago
Posts: 100

well the cold end doesnt match a j head, the j head are 16mm and the resco cold end are 13mm :/ so it wont fit the extruder in my opinion , but im not an expert smiling smiley

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uncle_bob

Re: i3 Boxed, Resco Hotend
December 13, 2013 04:05PM

Registered: 13 years ago
Posts: 1,433

The hole in the bottom of the extruder is simply a clearance hole. If it's 16mm and your hot end is 13 mm that's fine. It's only if your hot end is larger than normal that you have an issue. You need to fabricate the mounting plate to match your hot end, so that should not be an issue.