No cooling fan is installed. In my last paragraph i was referring to the fit of the thermistor in the heating block, and that while it is reporting a sufficient temp, the actual temp is obviously much higher. I will try adding compound in the thermistor's hole to see if the temps change. I see a lot of people printing without fans, so the need is not universal. However, I will try that after addby BrentB - Printing
Hi fellow printer hackers, My first printer, a MM 1.5, is now assembled, mechanically calibrated, but has yet to print anything. It's using RAMPS, Marlin, and a Gadgets3d Budaschnozzle 1.2 hotend (EPCOS 100k thermistor, #1 in Marlin). Looking at some recent threads about jammed extruders/hotends, dripping PLA, etc, I see where they are coming from, and I have a question. My first printing attemby BrentB - Printing
Visit the main repo of the printrun utilities, at Kliment's Github. There's a link there to precompiled Mac binaries. Which is this, , but visit the above link for more info. I haven't used it yet, so can't help beyond this.by BrentB - Reprappers