<![CDATA[SoliForum - 3D Printing Community — Ctc question on threads]]> https://www.soliforum.com/topic/11895/ctc-question-on-threads/ Thu, 06 Aug 2015 07:36:03 +0000 PunBB <![CDATA[Re: Ctc question on threads]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/103051/#p103051 Well he or some body else will need to measure then. I put mine back  together already. Those screws are behind a fan and heatsink that has to be removed and on my machine I also have to remove the pressure spring on the extruder. I did not notice but did he say he lost both? CTC to my knowledge was/is pushing only dual extruder printers. The feed tubes are both inserted through a six inch long aluminum block then each locked in 0lace with their own set screw. So just measure the other one while it is apart.

]]> Thu, 06 Aug 2015 07:36:03 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/103051/#p103051 <![CDATA[Re: Ctc question on threads]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/103049/#p103049 carl_m1968 wrote:
grob wrote:

Are you sure the screw is that small? I'm pretty sure the extruder gear and pulleys on my solidoodle are M3's (which incidentally use a 1.5mm hex key).

(see here, note dimension 'j')
..image..


I have the same machine just the metal version. They are a 2mm screw and require a 1.5mm hex key. I just measured mine since I was moving my defective extruders nozzle up for know.

Not to doubt your measurements, but if you're right then you have a completely unique set screw, which seems like a terrible waste of time and money on the part of CTC.

1.5mm hex just doesn't fit onto a 2mm set screw (the hex corner-to-corner is larger than the thread's minor diameter). Please check both those numbers? I really don't want to see the OP get sent off to special order a freaky microscopic set screw when they could have bought something in a hobby shop... smile

]]> Thu, 06 Aug 2015 07:16:59 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/103049/#p103049 <![CDATA[Re: Ctc question on threads]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/103045/#p103045 grob wrote:

Are you sure the screw is that small? I'm pretty sure the extruder gear and pulleys on my solidoodle are M3's (which incidentally use a 1.5mm hex key).

(see here, note dimension 'j')
http://www.unitedfasteners.com.au/media/images/product/product_tmp/large/UN0111_5451351147985.JPG


I have the same machine just the metal version. They are a 2mm screw and require a 1.5mm hex key. I just measured mine since I was moving my defective extruders nozzle up for know.

]]> Thu, 06 Aug 2015 06:25:25 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/103045/#p103045 <![CDATA[Re: Ctc question on threads]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/103043/#p103043 Are you sure the screw is that small? I'm pretty sure the extruder gear and pulleys on my solidoodle are M3's (which incidentally use a 1.5mm hex key).

(see here, note dimension 'j')
http://www.unitedfasteners.com.au/media/images/product/product_tmp/large/UN0111_5451351147985.JPG

]]> Thu, 06 Aug 2015 06:21:29 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/103043/#p103043 <![CDATA[Re: Ctc question on threads]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/102722/#p102722 Thats what i am thinking. Thanks

]]> Sun, 02 Aug 2015 18:21:01 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/102722/#p102722 <![CDATA[Re: Ctc question on threads]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/102583/#p102583 If it was mine, I would drill and Tap the hole to the size of set-screws I Have ! LOL big_smile
We Texans say 'Bigger is Always Better' ! big_smile

]]> Fri, 31 Jul 2015 16:40:34 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/102583/#p102583 <![CDATA[Re: Ctc question on threads]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/102562/#p102562 I just saw that the chart  gives 1.4x.2, 1.4x.3,1.6x.2,1.6x.35.
Anyone know which of these it would be?

]]> Fri, 31 Jul 2015 15:16:43 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/102562/#p102562 <![CDATA[Re: Ctc question on threads]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/102546/#p102546 Strange, get one of each and try them both.

]]> Fri, 31 Jul 2015 13:16:02 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/102546/#p102546 <![CDATA[Re: Ctc question on threads]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/102542/#p102542 The metric-thread chart, that I have, does Not list a m1.5 size !
it goes from 1.4 to 1.6

I've not received those blocks yet, since coming from China sad

Note: this website shows same thing
http://www.shender4.com/metric_thread_chart.htm

]]> Fri, 31 Jul 2015 12:54:05 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/102542/#p102542 <![CDATA[Re: Ctc question on threads]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/102539/#p102539 Thanks for the reply. I've gone to the hardware store and try have nothing below m3. I'll order some m1.5 online.

]]> Fri, 31 Jul 2015 12:42:54 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/102539/#p102539 <![CDATA[Re: Ctc question on threads]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/102316/#p102316 M 1.5

]]> Wed, 29 Jul 2015 00:03:46 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/102316/#p102316 <![CDATA[Re: Ctc question on threads]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/102309/#p102309 Tin Falcon wrote:

Buy an m2,m3 and m4 set screw at the hardware sore see which one fits?
Tin

They are much smaller than an M2. I would say more like an m1. It is the same size as the one on an extruder gear.

]]> Tue, 28 Jul 2015 23:12:55 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/102309/#p102309 <![CDATA[Re: Ctc question on threads]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/102308/#p102308 Buy an m2,m3 and m4 set screw at the hardware sore see which one fits?
Tin

]]> Tue, 28 Jul 2015 22:58:39 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/102308/#p102308 <![CDATA[Re: Ctc question on threads]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/102290/#p102290 Thanks. I appreciate it.

]]> Tue, 28 Jul 2015 18:17:03 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/102290/#p102290 <![CDATA[Re: Ctc question on threads]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/102257/#p102257 If you can not find the set-screws at a hardware supplier like Newark,
you could always get a new heat-block with set-screw, on eBay.
for about $2.
Sorry, I don't know thread size, but I do have some heater-blocks on order myself,
and could check size when I get them, if you still need it then.

]]> Tue, 28 Jul 2015 14:50:10 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/102257/#p102257