Topic: Check out this awesome print
Well so after 8 hours i found this lovely little print.
Spaghetti it ain't. Its a serious blob, completely solid.
Time for an E3d!
edit forgot the pic
1 2013-10-29 21:02:44 (edited by cozierad 2013-10-29 21:03:59)
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Omg. It came alive and is trying to eat the extruder
3 2013-10-29 21:42:18 (edited by cozierad 2013-10-29 22:44:51)
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So as i tried to take it apart i killed my X carriage but luckily i have an extra. I don't think I will be able to get my MK5 out of that though.
Edit: The mk5 was ruined...crap
4 2013-10-29 21:44:46 (edited by cozierad 2013-10-29 21:45:36)
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5 2013-10-29 21:52:42 (edited by 3d-oodler 2013-10-29 21:53:03)
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I'm not sure how that even happens? Unless you have an enclosure that gets really hot?
I don't suppose you were trying to print a mashmallow?
Or maybe a mashmallow-a-pult?
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i'd be curious if you can salvage that. how long would you need to let that sit in acetone??
SD3 w/ mods:
Glass bed with QU-BD heat pad upgrade, threadless ballscrew w/ 8mm smooth rod, spectra line belt replacement, lawsy MK5 extruder, Lawsy replacement carriage, E3D hotend, Ramps 1.4 w/ reprap discount controller, DRV8825 drivers, 12v 30A PS, Acrylic case, Overkill Y-idlers, Filament alarm, Extruder fan + more.
Glass bed with QU-BD heat pad upgrade, threadless ballscrew w/ 8mm smooth rod, spectra line belt replacement, lawsy MK5 extruder, Lawsy replacement carriage, E3D hotend, Ramps 1.4 w/ reprap discount controller, DRV8825 drivers, 12v 30A PS, Acrylic case, Overkill Y-idlers, Filament alarm, Extruder fan + more.
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3d-oodler wrote:
I'm not sure how that even happens? Unless you have an enclosure that gets really hot?
I don't suppose you were trying to print a mashmallow?
Or maybe a mashmallow-a-pult?
Haha no it was a custom bowl shaped device.
In terms of the Acetone i'm not sure it would do anything. The white plastic is solid. It would take way too long and 20 gallons of the stuff.
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Torch the nozzle and then pull it apart like taffy... in chunks... starting near the base...
Be careful you don't overheat as you don't want to destroy the PEEK.
And yes, something like this HAS happened to me... just not quite so much.
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Very interesting how that's not a spaghetti mess. Haven't had a mess like that in ages.
(yeah, time to get an e3d 
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It's actually kind of beautiful. If you acknowledge the hot end as lost, I wouldn't even bother trying to free it. Just build a nice glass case to display this. You could probably sell it as art.
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That is insane....how does it even stick together like that??????
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he blew out the peek and the plastic came out the side i've had it happen in a small way and pisses me off greatly
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Manx wrote:
he blew out the peek and the plastic came out the side i've had it happen in a small way and pisses me off greatly
I dont think I blew the peek. I think my print came up of the bed and got stuck on the hot end. I twatched it print just fine for an hour before going to bed. Im going to pull the plastic off with a blow torch and see what actually happened though.
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i'm pretty sure thats a problem with the peek. if it was coming from the extruder you would see multiple layers of lines and it would have built down instead you have what appears to be a shape formed like an icecream cone i've ssen that shape with mine as it comes out . (the nozzle and the peek come from soliddodle with a problem still grumpy over that
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This can happen if the print comes loose and travels around with the extruder. At that point the nozzle is blocked and fills up a big blob from the inside.
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Yep, and any plastic that gets near the nozzle will melt as well, adding to the mix. Additional plastic is added to the bolus and it just keeps building. It's really not a pleasant situation, but if you can manage to extract it, you can check the PEEK to see if any plastic was leaking through the threads.
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IanJohnson wrote:
This can happen if the print comes loose and travels around with the extruder. At that point the nozzle is blocked and fills up a big blob from the inside.
This is what I was thinking happened. There was no print left on the bed and was printing at 210C with this white plastic for about a week without incedent. Unless is killed the thermistor somehow...
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I've had similar. It ate up the nozzle, but stopped it before it got to the heater thank goodness. I managed to hack it off. The small piece of insulation was a writeoff though. It happens when the part detaches from the bed and gets stuck to the nozzle. The hot end just pumps more plastic into the middle making a bigger and bigger blob.