Thursday, 29 November 2012

More ABS please

Purchased another reel of ABS (yellow this time) as I am getting very close to the end of my 210meter reel of black ABS, this was also so that I could get some replacement hot end resistors on order.
ABS arrived with hot end resistors, and by strange coincidence so did the IMU for the balancing bot (I had completely forgotten about this part, and is the last part needed to start the balance bot project yey)
Set about replacing the hot end resistor and immediately spotted problems, the resistors I had bought were slightly bulged in the center causing me to have to drill out the heater block so that they would fit, after much fiddling I did get the Parcan hot end back on the Prusa and working again.
This issue has highlighted the need for me to get building my own hot ends & heater blocks, this is hopefully coming soon as my local EV dealer has a great workshop with drill press & lathe which I will be visiting  soon (he also wants a 3D printer for his EV projects and has offered the use of his workshop, cool)

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