1. Introduction Following on from my last post (part 2), I have completed the minor design changes and made and fitted the new parts. I’ve also received the 80 Watt heater cartridge that I ordered so I’ve fitted that too. I finally managed to track down a 60 Watt heater which I have only just […]
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 […]
Hot filament and cold Coffee 