Thin Bendable Hinge (Page 1 of 2)

Thanks Josh!

Ended up ordering this:
https://www.matterhackers.com/store/3d- … ent-1.75mm

Bear in mind that with this material your whole printed piece will be "rubbery", not just the thin hinge section...

Have I mentioned Taulman's PCTPE is great for this application.   It's flexible nylon that in thin layers is very flexible but gets rigid above 4 layers.

Thanks everyone! Ward, I'm going to try your stuff. NinjaFlex was a disaster!

I couldn't get it to extrude properly. Either it wouldn't come out at all or would continue to run out after the feeder stopped. Almost like it had to build up pressure!

Spent about 3 hours trying to get it to work and got too frustrated. Their ad touted the fact that it prints like ABS with approximately the same heat and feed parameters. HAAA! That was a laugh.

So this is the story of my luck with 3D printers.

After I realized I wasn't going to be able to finish my flexible hinge project, I decided to print my daughter a Nittany Lion out of ABS before she went back to Penn State. I removed the flexible filament and loaded a new spool of ABS white filament. Thoroughly purged the hot end until all white ABS was coming out. Returned all the settings to what I was using for ABS. Loaded the job and sliced it. Looked good. Started the job and it was running fine. Was going to be a 9 hour 45 minute run. Checked it after about 2 hours and it was running fine. 8 hours to go. It was already well adhered to the table so I turned the table heat off knowing that the hot end would shut off automatically when the job was done. I didn't want the table heat for and hour or more until I woke up.

Came down this morning to a total mess. The new spool prematurely uncoiled and wrapped around the spool holder, jammed and stopped feeding. I think the hot end burned out because part of the heat cloth wrapped around it fell off. I cannot get the hot end to heat up now. God only knows what other untold damage.

Any suggestions where to start? Minimum new hot end and I need suggestion on how to stop the filament from uncoiling and wrapping around the spool holder. Instructions anywhere on how replace the hot end?

Solidoodle 4.

On my printer the hot end shuts off but the table stays on. I have not changed the settings since receiving it from the factory. The part was well stuck, I had to pry it off the table this morning and the BuildTak has to be replaced.

Thanks Josh!

Dave,

In RH, under Config / Printer Settings; the Printer Tab is where you can instruct the Bed Heater to shut off after print completion:

^Yep...probably the best upgrade you can do!...throw in a Hobbed Goblin while you're at it...

So guys what's involved in replacing the hot end with a E3D? I went to the site and it looks like a lot of parts. Are there detailed instructions? Also will I need to reconfigure any settings or change software?