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nokianich
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by nokianich » Wed Mar 11, 2015 12:35 am
Hello everyone... I think if I get an answer we will stick this thread? I could not find info here easily, so mane threads and it's a mess. Ok
I left my printer today for 13 hours print and when I came back I saw that printer is printing in the air and nothing extruding... pretty fast I figured out that my hot-end is clogged, I was trying to clean it with .35mm japanese drills from Amazon but I broke drill inside ne nozzle, was trying to disassemble it but that is what I have right now on my table and what should I do with it?
P.S. is unclogging instruction the same for V4?
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by insta » Wed Mar 11, 2015 12:58 am
Put it back together, heat it to 180C, put some PLA in the nozzle until it stops, poke the remainder of the drill bit (or another 0.35mm bit) into the nozzle, then leave it and let the nozzle cool to about 100C and pull. This should entomb the broken part of the drill bit.
Keep doing this until the broken piece of the bit comes out, each time pulling cooler and cooler (100C, 90C, 80C, etc). Might take up to 5-6 times.
The V4 is way easier to unclog. You unscrew the nozzle (sometimes you can do this on the machine if you're careful) by holding the heater part with a 14mm wrench and undoing the nozzle with a 13mm wrench (I think those are the sizes...) then extrude. The eSUN cleaner filament works nicely for this. Any debris caught in the nozzle itself can be dealt with by fire, since that's a solid chunk of brass.
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nokianich
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by nokianich » Wed Mar 11, 2015 9:24 pm
insta wrote:Put it back together, heat it to 180C, put some PLA in the nozzle until it stops, poke the remainder of the drill bit (or another 0.35mm bit) into the nozzle, then leave it and let the nozzle cool to about 100C and pull. This should entomb the broken part of the drill bit.
Keep doing this until the broken piece of the bit comes out, each time pulling cooler and cooler (100C, 90C, 80C, etc). Might take up to 5-6 times.
The V4 is way easier to unclog. You unscrew the nozzle (sometimes you can do this on the machine if you're careful) by holding the heater part with a 14mm wrench and undoing the nozzle with a 13mm wrench (I think those are the sizes...) then extrude. The eSUN cleaner filament works nicely for this. Any debris caught in the nozzle itself can be dealt with by fire, since that's a solid chunk of brass.
Thank you!
I left a nozzle in acetone for couple hours, scooped all melted filament and that drill came out itself, cleaned it and going to put back today on my printer, since my V4 gave up on me and I don't have a reply from makergear support yet.
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insta
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by insta » Wed Mar 11, 2015 10:17 pm
nokianich wrote:insta wrote:Put it back together, heat it to 180C, put some PLA in the nozzle until it stops, poke the remainder of the drill bit (or another 0.35mm bit) into the nozzle, then leave it and let the nozzle cool to about 100C and pull. This should entomb the broken part of the drill bit.
Keep doing this until the broken piece of the bit comes out, each time pulling cooler and cooler (100C, 90C, 80C, etc). Might take up to 5-6 times.
The V4 is way easier to unclog. You unscrew the nozzle (sometimes you can do this on the machine if you're careful) by holding the heater part with a 14mm wrench and undoing the nozzle with a 13mm wrench (I think those are the sizes...) then extrude. The eSUN cleaner filament works nicely for this. Any debris caught in the nozzle itself can be dealt with by fire, since that's a solid chunk of brass.
Thank you!
I left a nozzle in acetone for couple hours, scooped all melted filament and that drill came out itself, cleaned it and going to put back today on my printer, since my V4 gave up on me and I don't have a reply from makergear support yet.
What happened with your V4?
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insta
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by insta » Thu Mar 12, 2015 1:58 am
what in the
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by nokianich » Thu Mar 12, 2015 3:01 am
insta wrote:what in the
Where?
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by jimc » Thu Mar 12, 2015 4:06 am
did you drill it out?
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by nokianich » Thu Mar 12, 2015 5:14 am
jimc wrote:did you drill it out?
Nope, I was trying to clean it yesterday but broke a drill, today I just dip it in acetone for an hour and scooped out all melted ABS.
