<![CDATA[SoliForum - 3D Printing Community — first clog, and what NOT to do IMHO]]> 2012-12-28T02:06:33Z PunBB https://www.soliforum.com/topic/892/first-clog-and-what-not-to-do-imho/ <![CDATA[Re: first clog, and what NOT to do IMHO]]> I've done the, disassemble everything and melt everything out with a blow-torch method and not only was it fun, it did an excellent job of cleaning all of the extra crap out.  I highly recommend it!

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/142/ 2012-12-28T02:06:33Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/8066/#p8066 <![CDATA[first clog, and what NOT to do IMHO]]> Had first issue with my S2 last night.

I had set a print overnight, and this morning Repetier said it was finished but only about 90% of the layers had been printed.  After some consternation, tried to print something quicker and easier first, and noticed no extrusion at temperature.

According to http://www.solidoodle.com/how-to-2/troubleshooting/
they advise trying to extrude to push through,
but unfortunately all that did for me was crack some acrylic parts in the stock print head
:-(

Luckily, so far the guitar-string cleaning method has allowed plastic to extrude once more, but without knowing what caused it, I'm a bit worried that subsequent prints are subject to the same issue (and this suspicion was abetted by the next print running into the same issue printing its skirt)

any advice?  I have already printed a replacement extruder set for when the acrylic actually breaks ;-)

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