I’m going to do up a video on hot end tear down and rebuild and just wondering what is the most common hot end out there. so I am looking for your input
Let me know what you are running, E3D, Microswiss, Stock, All metal, clone?
Im all stock, so thats the adimlab gantry-s (thinking of changing both the hotend and carriage to more compatable types), prusa mini (no issues) and a cr10s pro which id be interested in changing, though i had bad luck with a microswiss.
Due to my expierence with a microswiss, if you could do an emphasis on how to correct an improper installation, id be super happy.
The ptfe tube in a ‘traditional’ (for lack of a better term) hotted touches the back of the nozzle. In an all metal the PTFE tube lines only the cool end of the extruder the heat break or throat is solid metal and backs onto the nozzle.
The tubes don’t break down as much or at all, this allows hotter materials to be run with little concern for burning the liner.
Basically here is the rabbit hole I am running down.
I am going to CAD an entire hot end, I am going to model it off of whatever is most common. Going to include all parts within it, and yes was going to include both all-metal and PTFE lines heat breaks to show what the actual difference is.
I did a video a little while ago with the titan aero hot end on how to assemble it but I’m kind of not happy with it. I am going to do one a little more in-depth and explain how it works.
Looks like I may have to cover both the stock and the micro Swiss hotend.
I’m going to be printing all the parts oversized and cutaway so as to be able to teach about how it works AND how to put it together.
Rabbit holes are dumb. When someone comes up with an electric arc system for plastic, let us know.
Meanwhile, I would love details on your much hyped v-groove extrusion pricing and avails.
Stock Ender 3V2 but I do have a Slice Engineering Copperhead all metal heat break I can install to print filament like PETG. The stock hot end works fine for PLA.