Topic: Nozzle clogged - other methods?
Hi,
I just about tried every single idea mentioned on this forum to unclog my nozzle. I used it yesterday for the first time, made one successful print, then 30 minutes later tried again and it was clogged.
I tried putting through a thin stiff wire then a needle, but it wouldn't budge both with nozzle heated and not. I dipped the wires in acetone and was able to extract most of the ABS in there but it still wouldn't go through all the way (probably around 2/3 of the way).
I tried coming in through the tip with a needle and applying pressure both when it was hot and when it was cold. The needle was broken and couldn't make it in more than 0.5mm or so.
Then I disassembled the whole thing as shown in Ian's video and was able to remove a big part of the plastic stuff but just couldn't get into the extruder tip part again (sorry not familiar with the terminology). I re-assembled it (which is a pain by the way) and tested it and it's still not dripping plastic. While it was disassembled i used acetone with a wire multiple times to try to get through.
The only method I haven't used is the torch one but I would really REALLY prefer not to have to do this at home. As a matter of fact I am pretty annoyed I had to do *any* of this given that I bought the pre-assembled printer. Does anyone have any alternatives? If no alternatives, can I just do this using the kitchen counter fire or is that risky? I just e-mailed support for a replacement but haven't heard back yet.
I am using white ABS if that's of any use.
Thanks!
aed