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Hotend Jammed! how to clean that

gm_chandru

Hotend Jammed! how to clean that
December 11, 2013 02:02PM

Registered: 10 years ago
Posts: 12

Hello,

I have built my Prusa I3 and today i was doing some Calibration Cube print testing.

after some time hotend stopped extruding i have increased the temperature and did all .trial and error.

But No result. what is the process to clean HotEnd when it jammed?

Regards,
Chandru

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woodencase01

Re: Hotend Jammed! how to clean that
December 11, 2013 10:55PM

Registered: 11 years ago
Posts: 112

Usually, I just heat the hot end, untighten the screw from the extruder, slowly pull out the filament, cut the larger diameter portion, put everything back as it was and start the new print. Done in less than a minute.