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Posted · Material everywhere around the hot-end

Hi everybody!

So I got a failed print some time ago where I came home to a huge ball or material around the hot-end.

Foto 2014 09 21 19 42 13 (1)

Currently it's only an esthetic problem but could it start moving towards the fans and block them?

Is there any guide on what to do?

 

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    Posted · Material everywhere around the hot-end

    We had to remove such blocks two times over about 10 months...it could be time consuming or pretty quick to remove it. Try with removing the fan shroud first if possible. Heat the hot end and use pliers and a soldering iron to remove pieces of the blob.

    Last time it took only 10 minutes I think. You can ask Anders tomorrow about it, he did it pretty fast. :)

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    Posted · Material everywhere around the hot-end

    It's not only asthetic a problem, it will very soon be a problem for your entire hotend. Degrading / burning PLA does not improve your print quality ;) So, remove the PLA as soon as possible, and check if everything is tightly screwed.

     

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    Posted · Material everywhere around the hot-end

    could be worse...

    someone started a print and walked away, all the pla (5 hours print) got stuck.

    Removed it like gadget freak said; heating the nozzle and a soldering iron.

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    Posted · Material everywhere around the hot-end

    Ok, thanks for quick answers! I'll try to remove everything before printing again!

     

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