Woah, adjusting the tension did the trick. Completed two x four hour prints with no issues!

Again, the makergear forum comes through again.

Thanks,

Adam

Nice work on the diagrams within that post. I'll look into it tonight in more detail. I just had a successful 3 hour print by changing out my extruder cooling fan, but a success now doesn't mean the root cause of the issue is solved.

Thanks,

ADam

Hey all, My M2 has been awesome for over two years now. I've made very little changes to it and run both the V3 and V3B extruder (12V). I've been printing a ton for the past three months, and had to replace my extruder motor (1.5 years ago), motor mount (as it looked like it had fatigue cracks, 3 we...

jsc wrote:Suggestions on mechanical fasteners for box-like objects?

I've been using thread forming screws for plastic from McMaster-Carr.

http://www.mcmaster.com/#thread-forming-screws/=vamknj

That rubber band gun looks similar to the rubber band guns I had growing up 25 years ago. May have to print that off for me kid.