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Great minds think alike,as those are exactly the tweaks I have in mind for the MK7 extruder.Also I am thinking of adding a few fender washers and thin M8 nuts to the heatbreak and drilling some holes in the aluminum heat sink to let some of the air cool it better.unfortunately I need to buy another hot block since I stripped the threads out from all the cleanouts I did.I have replaced the nozzle as well because in my first few attempts I had the big idea to drill out the tip and drilled it out all the way through even though I was just twising it with my fingers...DOH.The new nozzle is not the same as the original and seems to have less jams,it is a bit shorter and narrower which leads me to think the longer original had a higher pressure requirement.Quote
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Beezer:
Being a bike guy myself I appreciate those good solid real world applications for a 3D printer. Keep up the good work.
I used CPU thermal paste between the heat sink and the block to improve the contact/heat transfer and also put a single stainless steel washer on each screw to make a heat break between the block and the motor. Motor doesn't over heat and the ABS extrudes well.
I am personally waiting for an aluminum Y carriage plate I ordered from Australia. Once I have that I will also install a new aluminum bed and the z axis probing so I don't have to level it for each print. I should have all of the parts next week.
A Bowden type extruder is also in the future.
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What is an RH?
Does the printer work with the Folger firmware as supplied by them?
Thanks.
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Re: Folger Prusa i3 Kit from ebay July 20, 2015 09:45PM |
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I had the same issue with the stock extruder, try this one, although you'll need to buy a spring. [www.thingiverse.com]Quote
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Over the past few days I've been having some issues with the extruder on my printer. It will staart making a skipping noise and the filament will get caught. I've fixed it several times by opening up the extruder and removing the mangled and squished piece of filament but it keeps happening. I think that the extruder is the issue but it could also be the filament that I'm using. It's the cheap hatchbox filament from amazon and it has been sitting out for a while so I've sealed it in a ziplock bag with some silica gel packets and I'm going to leave it there for a day or so to see if that helps. Does anyone know of a fix for this or possibly even a replacement extruder that could fix the issue?
Re: Folger Prusa i3 Kit from ebay July 21, 2015 09:16AM |
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Thanks for the reply, I thought about trying that extruder but I can't exactly print it at the moment since the extruder i have on there seems to not be working. Is there anything that you know of that I could try to get the stock extruder working?Quote
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I had the same issue with the stock extruder, try this one, although you'll need to buy a spring. [www.thingiverse.com]Quote
Dnixon123
Over the past few days I've been having some issues with the extruder on my printer. It will staart making a skipping noise and the filament will get caught. I've fixed it several times by opening up the extruder and removing the mangled and squished piece of filament but it keeps happening. I think that the extruder is the issue but it could also be the filament that I'm using. It's the cheap hatchbox filament from amazon and it has been sitting out for a while so I've sealed it in a ziplock bag with some silica gel packets and I'm going to leave it there for a day or so to see if that helps. Does anyone know of a fix for this or possibly even a replacement extruder that could fix the issue?
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What kind of hatchbox are you using PLA or ABS? What color? I've used a lot of hatchbox filament and had a few problems with a few colors of PLA and the stock folgertech extruder. Right now, the best thing you can do is to clean it out, then check the vref on the stepper and make sure its getting the correct voltage.Quote
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Thanks for the reply, I thought about trying that extruder but I can't exactly print it at the moment since the extruder i have on there seems to not be working. Is there anything that you know of that I could try to get the stock extruder working?Quote
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I had the same issue with the stock extruder, try this one, although you'll need to buy a spring. [www.thingiverse.com]Quote
Dnixon123
Over the past few days I've been having some issues with the extruder on my printer. It will staart making a skipping noise and the filament will get caught. I've fixed it several times by opening up the extruder and removing the mangled and squished piece of filament but it keeps happening. I think that the extruder is the issue but it could also be the filament that I'm using. It's the cheap hatchbox filament from amazon and it has been sitting out for a while so I've sealed it in a ziplock bag with some silica gel packets and I'm going to leave it there for a day or so to see if that helps. Does anyone know of a fix for this or possibly even a replacement extruder that could fix the issue?
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Right now I'm using white PLA, I've got some samples of a few ABS colors that I could try to use. I also read that the problem might be heat coming up from the hot end and making the filament too soft, is there any sort of insulation or something that I could try to prevent this?Quote
widespreaddeadhead
What kind of hatchbox are you using PLA or ABS? What color? I've used a lot of hatchbox filament and had a few problems with a few colors of PLA and the stock folgertech extruder. Right now, the best thing you can do is to clean it out, then check the vref on the stepper and make sure its getting the correct voltage.Quote
Dnixon123
Thanks for the reply, I thought about trying that extruder but I can't exactly print it at the moment since the extruder i have on there seems to not be working. Is there anything that you know of that I could try to get the stock extruder working?Quote
widespreaddeadhead
I had the same issue with the stock extruder, try this one, although you'll need to buy a spring. [www.thingiverse.com]Quote
Dnixon123
Over the past few days I've been having some issues with the extruder on my printer. It will staart making a skipping noise and the filament will get caught. I've fixed it several times by opening up the extruder and removing the mangled and squished piece of filament but it keeps happening. I think that the extruder is the issue but it could also be the filament that I'm using. It's the cheap hatchbox filament from amazon and it has been sitting out for a while so I've sealed it in a ziplock bag with some silica gel packets and I'm going to leave it there for a day or so to see if that helps. Does anyone know of a fix for this or possibly even a replacement extruder that could fix the issue?
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Right now I'm using white PLA...
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...I've got some samples of a few ABS colors that I could try to use...
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...I also read that the problem might be heat coming up from the hot end and making the filament too soft, is there any sort of insulation or something that I could try to prevent this?
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Right now I'm using white PLA...
My stock extruder jammed on Hatchbox White PLA, and I've since changed to an e3d lite 6 hotend and have had zero issues with clogs. A lot of people were mentioning this to me, but at the time I didn't really think it was necessary to spend more money on something. Eventually I ordered the e3d lite6, installed it and have been a huge fan ever since. Just something to keep in the back of your head.
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...I've got some samples of a few ABS colors that I could try to use...
I'd clean out the hotend and extruder and try some prints in ABS, just to make sure it's working as it should.
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...I also read that the problem might be heat coming up from the hot end and making the filament too soft, is there any sort of insulation or something that I could try to prevent this?
Possibly, could you take a picture of your hotend with the threaded rod leading up to the extruder? One thing that might help is using some of the kapton tape that came with your kit to wrap around the heater block on the hotend, and that will insulate it a bit. Another thing you might want to think about it getting a PLA cooling fan for your hotend. There are many designs, such as these [www.thingiverse.com] & [www.thingiverse.com] that will help cool the plastic and possibly help with your issue also.
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I was going to recommend lowering the tube after I saw a pic, but it looks like you beat me to it! I noticed you probably have your fan wired to the RAMPS board so you can control the speed like how the manual wants you to. One change I would make is wiring that fan straight to the power supply so that it's always running. If you have a question about installing the hotend let me know, I did mine a week or two ago and it was very easy and the results are fantastic.Quote
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Thanks for all your replies, It's been jamming less over the past day or two so I can use the printer again. I actually lowered the hot end tube down farther away from the extruder, decreased my print temps a little bit, and started the fan before I began heating my extruder. Since I started doing this I haven't had problems but I'll also try wrapping the block in kapton tape. I was also looking at getting an e3D lite6 but had a question about how to mount it.
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Had my printer since last November... Still reading this thread.... and re-reading......
Yep. While there is a ton of information in this thread, the utter lack of organization makes it less useful than it could be. Sometimes it's like asking someone where the gas cap release button is on your new car and being handed the service manual complete with instructions on how to install pistons rings and every complaint every mechanic has ever had about working on that model of car.
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