20 x 20 is tiny! I'd like to hear more about this and what you print on it. Keychains?
Hahaha I meant 20cm x 20cm 😁
Cliff Pennock
FEB 28, 03:01 AM
I had ordered some Capricorn tubing which arrived this weekend. I decided to completely disassemble the hot end first, to see if perhaps the original PTFE tubing was damaged due to the high temperatures I had been printing with. I was shocked to see the PTFE tube had disintegrated completely and pieces of the tubing as well as molten filament had almost completely clogged up the heat break.
I cleaned up the heat break (actually had to use a drill to clean it), cleaned up the nozzle and reassembled the hot end using the Capricorn tubing. Did another 19 hour print and the difference is unbelievable. Not a single blemish. No under- or over extrusion. No blobs. Just a perfect print. No extruder clicks either. The print needs no clean up whatsoever. Even the smallest details printed perfectly. I'm happy again. 😄
MidEngineManiac
FEB 28, 04:22 AM
Hot ends are so cheap I always keep a couple around and swapping them out is just part of trouble shooting. Same with the brass nozzles, I dont even bother trying to clean them, just change it. The hardened ones I try to get the mileage out of but dont really do that much abrasive filament either.
[This message has been edited by MidEngineManiac (edited 02-28-2022).]
