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Hotend Loose

Posted by foul_owl 
Hotend Loose
January 20, 2015 02:08AM
Hi folks,

I have a J Head mk V and a Prusa i3 with a Greg's extruder.

It looks like the hotend is just supposed to be a press fit, sliding into the notch on this part:
[www.reprap.org]

However, my hot end is super loose, and can wiggle around quite a bit, even though the actual slide area is a tight fit. I have tried tightening down the extruder on top of the hot end too, but this hasn't helped.

Is there a design that allows me to clamp down the hot end with a bolt or something? I'm not liking this press fit design at all.

Or, if you have any other ideas I would be interested to hear them.

Thanks!
Re: Hotend Loose
January 20, 2015 08:27PM
Part of the problem might have been that the adhesive on the kapton tape failed, the thermistor came loose and my hot end melted.

I'm going with an E3Dv6 from now on, no more designs that use tape.
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