3D Printing: Would appreciate advice on unclogging hot end [Makerbot Replicator v2]
Channel: Roel Van de Paar
Date: 2019-06-27

3D Printing: Would appreciate advice on unclogging hot end [Makerbot Replicator v2]


The Question: My Makerbot Replicactor V2 constantly jams. Usually when I go to use it after
it's been off for a few hours the filament has jammed and I have to take off
the front fan to remove the filament. Today, after going through the usual
rigmarole of having to take the front fan and fan guard off, remove the
filament, cut it and then load it back in I found that there was another
problem.
It appears something is jammed inside the hot end itself. When I loaded the
filament back into the machine, it took it but nothing came out of the nozzle,
instead it all pooled up around the aluminium mounting block where the filament
feeds through.
[Here_is_one_of_the_current_situation_i'm_facing._As_you_can_see,_there's
filament_that_has_set_inside_the_hole_it_is_fed_through._There_is_clearly
something_in_there_that_is_blocking_it]
Here's a couple more pictures, the last one is basically what happens to me on
a regular basis: imgur.com/a/2jvnP
How should I go about fixing this? I've already cleaned the extruder nozzle,
but unsure as how best to proceed with this. I would prefer to get this fixed
fairly soon as I need to 3d print files for a uni assessment piece.

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