Is it just me

I have a couple i baught from you lol.  Its the extrusion mechanism thats jamming  The hot end is good.

Wait.. we cant replace the hotend with an e3D, can we?  I have a pair of pico's sitting on my desk.. if the hotend can be swapped, it may be worthwhile, but I figure the zprobe would need adjusting?  Probably more trouble than it is worth?

In this case if i wanted to put my own extruder on a printer i would have built another one.  This one should have come with a working system.

Why couldn't I?  Time requirements likely lol.  Why couldn't someone else?  Not sure?  Maybe a very kind E3D distributor/reseller would want to try this on his Press?  If he has a Press? ;D

But seriously, I figure all that would be needed is an extension on the zprobe and of course just a standard change of hotends.  Shouldn't be too difficult, at least in theory.

Yea, initially I did not think it was possible, but my experience with FDM is an old school TOM, a bit on a Taz4 and mostly on the Press. 

You are overdue for a trip to Tampa, come down and see me and we can tinker with mine ha ha! I am surprised honestly that you did not grab one, figured you would want to mess with it.  Other than the few quirks, I am fairly happy with it, especially at 400

When I cancelled, I figured Solidoodle would have solved the hotend situation by now. I may have given them too much credit. If folks want a E3D on the press, the community is certainly capable of making such a mount (Lawsy et al).

If there's no demand for it, the community won't bother. It kinda works out well in terms of gauging the market.

Its a bit different when the guy raving about the product isn't the one selling it.

E3d is pretty much the best upgrade I've done to my machine. Even more crucial than bearings. It made a world of difference. A lot of folks fight it at first (I did buy a replacement stock hotend...) but once you put it on there you don't even recognize your machine anymore. For the first time, you witness what it's like for your extruder and hotend to precisely obey the GCode. It's nothing short of beautiful in my mind.

Prior to having a good hotend, I don't think it's a stretch to say you have no idea what a good print REALLY looks like. Just my opinion. 80 dollars is a cheap upgrade for this hobby. I've spent far more on bearings, fasteners, tools and other parts, and I'd still say the e3d made the biggest difference despite being the cheapest possible upgrade.

The next most important factor is using high quality filament...

zburhop, I think it is time to email tech support and request a new mechanism.  You have taken apart their machines as much as anyone and done a lot to support them in the community.  The marketing people, I'm sure, would like to keep your good will and the product development people should always like to know what problems customers face in the field (and how to solve them).

Sounds like a win-win to me.

Maybe MacGyverX's E3D progress could be split into a separate thread? It would make it clearer for people who don't know that he is even doing such amazing work!

the statement of using 'high quality filament' needs some clarification for new 3D printer users. that sounds like 'use expensive filament. but cheap filament works as good and better than some costing many times more. just dont use poor quality made with poor quality control standards and shipped unsealed with no moisture prevention measures. try buying brands others have tested and size, color, moisture etc dont cause problems in printer when used. I have had similar results with filament costing less than half the "normal" rate of $40-$60 per spool. some as low as $14 per spool. so why pay makerbot etc $65-$140 for a spool just due to their custom spools or big name. if you plan to sell prints on like 3Dhubs your prices will not be competitive at all. even Solidoodles filament costs over 2x what its worth. my roll from them have dirt specks in it in several spots. but not found any in the cheap rolls yet.

I also find ABS to be better flow and less friction un-spooling than PLA. making ABS my prefered choice even if more fumes to deal with venting. also less chance of clogging/ruining the cheap Solidoodle hot ends. so recomended till upgrade to E3Dv6 at least just for that reason not counting other needs many new low cost printers dont have that PLA requirs. maybe Sam should read these topics.