1. Introduction Further to my last post (part 4) this is just a quick update on my findings with regard to the leakage, my first attempt at a fix, and some other thoughts and observations. 2. Removing filament Having discovered a filament leakage problem, I had to remove the hot end assembly from the printer. […]
Thermal testing and other stuff… 1. Introduction Following on from my first post, I acquired a 30 mm long, 40 Watt heater cartridge which I have fitted, along with a cartridge style thermistor. I wired those and the fans temporarily to my Duet generation 3 main board. Eventually, when the unit is installed on the […]
1. Introduction As readers will know, back in June 2019 I started to design and make a multi-input, multi-material, mixing hot end. My main problems at that time all revolved around effective heat sinks and keeping the cold part cold. I experimented with water cooling but had problems with leaks. Then along came Duet Generation […]
(and yet another wiring upgrade). Although power cuts are quite rare occurrences where I live, they do completely wreck any print that may have been in progress when a loss of power takes place. As my printer is quite large, I often print large items which can take many hours or even days to complete. […]
Captains log, StarDate 3rd September 2019. Things are hotting up and getting quite frantic so this will have to be very quick post. The main board arrived last Monday (26th August) and I’ve got it wired up. For now, due to one or two unfinished firmware issues, the Z probe has to be connected to […]
Hot filament and cold Coffee 