SoliForum - 3D Printing Community — Red wire broke on Extruder SD3

Re: Red wire broke on Extruder SD3

2014-04-11T00:38:17Z

grob wrote:

wardjr wrote:
Also Filastruder will sell you an MK-5 for like $5 if you don't already have one printed. As a plus the one he sells has been tweaked to fit the E3D better on the groove mount.
What a great idea! Be prepared for the firmware update in the meantime though; start reading!

You'll be happy to help him through that, I'm sure

Re: Red wire broke on Extruder SD3

2014-04-11T00:33:40Z

wardjr wrote:

Also Filastruder will sell you an MK-5 for like $5 if you don't already have one printed. As a plus the one he sells has been tweaked to fit the E3D better on the groove mount.

What a great idea! Be prepared for the firmware update in the meantime though; start reading!

Re: Red wire broke on Extruder SD3

2014-04-10T15:23:04Z

My vote is you just order up an E3D
Once you start fixing things on the stock hot end you never get to stop.
Also Filastruder will sell you an MK-5 for like $5 if you don't already have one printed. As a plus the one he sells has been tweaked to fit the E3D better on the groove mount.

Re: Red wire broke on Extruder SD3

2014-04-10T04:06:05Z

Upload a photo if you get a chance to confirm exactly where the break is, but unfortunately it's likely you'll need to order and wait for a new heater core from solidoodle to replace it ($15): http://store.solidoodle.com/index.php?r … duct_id=81
This part would be an easy swap-in fix.

Repairing in any case is likely only going to afford a temporary solution, which you might need if you wish to get the E3D instead and need to print out lawsy's mk5 extruder parts to go with it.

Red wire broke on Extruder SD3

2014-04-10T01:57:38Z

In the process of disassembling the extruder to clean it, one of the ends of the red wire snapped off the metal box that screws onto the barrel. The other one is still attached. What procedures should I take to fix this or should I just go ahead and order an E3d hotend?