1 Topic by Snickers (edited by Snickers 2014-01-05 23:37:47)

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Topic: New all metal hot end on Solidoodle

I'm stupid.

2 Reply by elmoret

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Re: New all metal hot end on Solidoodle

They've been using that one for months.

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3 Reply by Snickers (edited by Snickers 2014-01-06 00:08:50)

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Re: New all metal hot end on Solidoodle

elmoret wrote:

They've been using that one for months.

Sorry, I didn't recognize it without the insulation tape. I saw the video once and just posted it.

4 Reply by spapadim (edited by spapadim 2014-01-06 09:37:00)

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Re: New all metal hot end on Solidoodle

Yeah, many instructions still show the old one, that got me too when I started. BTW, you mean aluminum heater block, not all-metal, I think? Somewhere on the MakerGear website they claim that the old (nichrome and ceramic) version performs marginally better, but is much more labor-intensive to manufacture. It's not a bad hotend, but the E3D, which is truly all-metal, is much better (although I was somewhat skeptical originally, I admit I was wrong) -- and costs about the same too (at least retail), maybe they'll use it in the future...