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My printer has a different kind of mounting than the E3D hot end. My hot end is broken right now. I was wondering if there was a way to mount this temporarily to print a mount. I have a hictop prusa i3. My old hot end was constantly jamming so i decided to go for a very good one.
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(Everything in the picture was just set together because I had taken it apart, that is why it may not look very good.)
From what I can see, you've got a U-shaped bracket which the bearings a bolted to, and the direct-drive extruder sits inside the U. I can't see a way of connecting the E3D without some kind of adapter, or printing a whole new extruder.
I think the reason your old hot end was jamming so often was heat creep. There's a heat break there, but without active cooling, heat will just travel up, cause thermal expansion of the filament and jam it nice and solid. The E3D is definitely a great replacement.
Unfortunately, a quick search doesn't throw up anything useful.
Here is a suggestion. Find a local hackerspace. I am sure for a few bucks you could get one of the members to print you up an adaptor/extruder for it. And you might gain a couple friends in the process.
Also, does this help you out at all?
http://wiki.e3d-online.com/wiki/E3D-v6_on_Prusa_i3
Mine came with a heatsink and a fan on that heatsink.
I took my dremel tool and ground out some space on the face of the heatsink for the small screw that sticks out below the extruder, ensuring a good connection to that metal piece the extruder motor connects through. (sorry for not knowing terminology, new to 3d Printing.
Definitely took a little work, but was worth it.
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Originally Posted by Djcurr
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