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04-18-2014, 05:50 PM #1
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Okay got my first blockage last night. A bit cheesed off about it as it was six hours into a seven hour print.
The machine started to make a ticking noise and after a few minutes (couldn't see anything obviously wrong so I let it keep going) I could see the nozzle wasn't very close to the object and the heat from it was just roughing up the surface.
Any tips on how to clear the blockage before I start?
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04-18-2014, 06:43 PM #2
It depends on how long you let it click for, if you let it clicking until it stopped, then you will most likely need to take that fan off, and just the front of the extruder case (nothing falls apart, its pretty easy) and get the gunk out, because most likely its ground to a powder in there and clogged the gear.
If it only clicked for a little bit and you stopped it, then you might be able to do a preheat purge, ie set your preheat to like 245c and see if that can get the main gunk out, then try feeding filament ontop of that to push it through.
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04-18-2014, 07:02 PM #3
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04-19-2014, 09:55 PM #4
Once you do it the first time, you will laugh at how remarkably simple it was. It's easier than taking apart a bubblejet printer. There are no tension aspects, no springs magically burst out leaving you wondering where it came from.. it's is literally a couple of hex screws and the fan slides out completely (toward you) and you have full access to the extruder. I think I was into the 6th or 8th week with my machine when it happened, you get it down to a speed record after a while
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04-19-2014, 10:25 PM #5
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Gday All,
Shortly shall be purchasing my first 3D printer and as it will most likely be the flashforge Creator X with dual extruders, can anyone tell me the diameter clearance you have when printing on one extruder only before the second extruder starts to become an issue ?
IE : Basically what is the distance between the two extruder nozzles.
Thanks in advance
Steve
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04-20-2014, 01:55 AM #6
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04-20-2014, 03:29 AM #7
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Thanks Geoff,
For the size of housing areas on most units you would think they would have created greater separation distance between nozzles, say 100mm so less chance of these issues arising.
Thanks Again
Steve
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04-20-2014, 06:05 AM #8
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