As I mentioned in my last post, I ordered the Titan last week as part of the Prusa i3 Upgrade Kit and it arrived today along with some sheets of 3M 468MP adhesive I had also ordered recently from Digi-Key (despite also mentioning in that same post that I was worried about messing something up). Just in time for my birthday tomorrow, too. A shout out to Dan, Lawson and the E3D team for their awesome service and getting this to me so quickly, and thanks for the sweets! Boy, I can’t wait for the weekend. I want to install it right now but I don’t want to do a rush job, either.
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New Extruder: Update #2
Hello everyone!
So, widening the groove on the new direct drive extruder didn’t turn out well. Even with a larger cut-off disc, it was difficult to widen the hot end groove. I ended up cutting too deep and exposing some infill – not good, that would allow more heat to creep into the body of the extruder, probably eventually resulting in a meltdown.
New Extruder Update
So, as per usual it’s been busy for me, and unfortunately 3DP0 has been sitting idle for the past few weeks or so . Luckily, I snagged some vacuum bags and a couple of large moisture grabbers from the dollar store and had some extra desiccant packets lying around. This allowed me to finally store my unused filament without worrying about dust or humidity. Everything’s in a dark closet for now (I plan on buying some bins with lids to store them soon – maybe also a drying bucket / lamp setup too). Now, about that extruder…
Extruder and Wiring
Another day, another wire soldered – only a few dozen more to go! I knew printers required a lot of wiring, but the realization of that didn’t sink in until I was sitting in front of it all trying to figure out where to begin.