Okay so I am running into a bit of trouble and am hoping someone can shed some light on my issue here. What i'm running into is it appears that there may be a leak in my hot end (wouldn't surprise me, bought an Aworldnet A600 and this is my first build. The hotend was prebuilt so I didn't even think to double check it...) I have uploaded some pictures to my dropbox (link below) for reference. This "buildup" I believe is the culprit behind burnt clumps of plastic running off of the nozzle and into my prints. I know I should consider buying a better nozzle/hotend but I am wondering if anyone has any suggestions for a temporary fix in the meantime... I am more than comfortable with tearing my extruder apart to do anything necessary to the nozzle/hotend. I am thinking that I need to take it apart and do a rebuild of the hotend but are there any other suggestions?
If you look at the picture of my extruder closely you will notice a large blob of plastic behind the heating element. This is my biggest concern.
As for a little background on my printer:
Prusa I3 based Aworldnet A600,
Printing with PLA (translucent red from
this Ebay listing)
Printing temp: varied from 190C to 215C
.4mm nozzle (unknown brand, same for hotend)
Hotend W/buildup
Print with runoff from nozzle
