Hi everyone, I've had my RepRap printer since the last quarter of 2015, and although I used it a lot for the first 3 years, children and life got in the way and I haven't used it much over the past couple of years. I recently dug it out, gave it a clean up, unblocked the nozzle and printed a calibration cube I first printed on 12 Jan 2016! It worked great! But it I got a few AJAX errors (dropby ntsewell - Duet
Thanks for the comments and ideas everyone - but I don't know how I would be able to fix the E3D hot end into my Fisher Delta? I mean, is it supposed to replace the extruder and the rest of the hot end entirely? If so, presumably I should print something first that allows it to be mounted, then take out the existing hot end assembly and replace it? Is this what is being suggested if I want toby ntsewell - Fisher
Hi, and thanks for the reply! I see what you mean regarding the force necessary to cause the filament to buckle. But how do I reduce the distance from my extruder to the hot end? The Fisher Delta has a length of bowden tube that I can't really shorted (well, I might be able to reduce it by 10%, but it's still 350mm long), and I haven't looked inside the extruder to see if I can in some way shoby ntsewell - Fisher
Hi all, Has anyone tried printing with the flexible PLA from RigidInk? I ordered a 1kg reel as I wanted to make some flexible grips for a project at work. I've printed loads of bits in PLA on my Delta and it's been great - so I'm guessing the problem I'm having here is related to temperature or speed, or both! I've tried builds at 190, 200, 210 and 220 degrees. I've tried not having the retrby ntsewell - Fisher
Hi, I don't know if this helps at all, but I've just had to do exactly the same thing because my fan stopped working and the whole of my hot end got jammed up. I released the clip holding the brass bit into the extruder motor end and then hit extrude a few times which pushed the Bowden tube out of the hole, then hit extrude a few more times to give me a bit of slack. I cut the filament with sidby ntsewell - Fisher
Hi DADIY, That sounds good, thanks for the tip. I'll upgrade the firmware whilst I'm waiting for the fans to turn up. I ordered a couple, just in case! Many thanks for your help! Cheers Neilby ntsewell - Fisher
Hi DADIY, Many thanks for that - I'll order a couple. I'm pretty sure it the fan as I am getting voltage (20V, actually) to the fan terminal on the plug... I can't see why it's failed though, but it's basically a sealed unit. I'll test it when I get it out on a separate PSU. Thanks again for the link - I was really sad to see the end of RRP. Cheers Neilby ntsewell - Fisher
Hi all, I have had a Fisher Delta for about 3 months and have printed more than 1kg reel of material during this time, mostly making bits and bobs for my 3-year old son to play with! I've been really impressed with the little beast, it's capability, accuracy and robustness, however, last night (my birthday!) disaster struck! I'd just started a build and was on the first layer when the coolingby ntsewell - Fisher