PINDA Protector  

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hehe, i think we all did our search for the correct sized pinda protector. some of us messed around with resizing the prusa one in x/y direction, but christian just did a redesign with the correct measures for the threading.
so this one, will do the job.
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thank you "Chrankus".
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Wow! Thanks for the tip off! Fit perfectly, first time.

Thanks Christian if you see this!

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Thank You !

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Thanks for the link!

It doesn't seem that the probe is really exposed to heat, do you think it would be acceptable to print it with PLA? I don't have any other types of filament right now.

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Thanks for the link!

It doesn't seem that the probe is really exposed to heat, do you think it would be acceptable to print it with PLA? I don't have any other types of filament right now.
It get close to the heated bed and is quite close to the hotend, but if you have a E3d sock the hotend should not be a problem.
Just when you start printing hot material, you should check it for sure, OR then print another one with PETG or ABS

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i think pla will do the job.
ok, pla has a heat deflection temperature of about approximately 55°C where it looses its strength, but that doesn't mean that it begins to melt at that temperature and looses it's shape.

i've read somewhere that joseph prusa has said that you can print all parts for the printer with pla... but i don't know if it was ment in the same way that you can eat every mushroom .... (at least once).
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i've read somewhere that joseph prusa has said that you can print all parts for the printer with pla... but i don't know if it was ment in the same way that you can eat every mushroom .... (at least once).
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I eat all my mushrooms only one time! 😆 😆

I printed the part-fan nozzle in PETG and it got soft. I guess the same would happen with the Extruder body.

Carsten

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I printed it with PLA and it seems to have held up so far - it sits quite a way away from the hot end. That said, I will probably reprint in nGen at some point, but that's partly because I have it in orange!

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Since there quite a few fellow Europeans in the thread, give "Extrudr Greentec" a shot. Nice heat resistance (110°C glass transition temp vs 80°C for PETG), prints basically like PLA (i use PLA profile with slightly lower temps and tiny bit of squish on PEI - not too much or you need a chisel to get it off) and is holding up nicely as fan duct replacement here.

For the US folks, see if you can get a hold of Biofila PLAtec, seems to be same diff.

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Thanks for the advice everyone. I printed it in PLA and it fits perfectly. As soon as I get some PETG or ABS I will print a new one.

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i printed the same .gcode, which fit's perfect printed in pla, yesterday with my new abs @ 255°C, 0.1mm resolution and 25% infill.
the result was a protector that doesn't fit (too tight). the print was nearly cylindrical (not upside down "drop" like as before).
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i printed the same .gcode, which fit's perfect printed in pla, yesterday with my new abs @ 255°C, 0.1mm resolution and 25% infill.
the result was a protector that doesn't fit (too tight). the print was nearly cylindrical (not upside down "drop" like as before).
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I never tried printing the protector in PLA, but my attempts at ABS were all too tight until I tried scaling X & Y to 103.5% and left Z at 100%. It was still tight, but went on OK.

That said, my ABS is old (over a year in a non-sealed container) and I know I was under-extruding fairly badly.

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... but my attempts at ABS were all too tight until I tried scaling X & Y to 103.5% and left Z at 100%. ...
yeah, it's a treat with the threads when you print with shrinking filament.
btw.: the abs filament i used was completely new and came out of the sealed plastic bag. but to be honest: actually i have no enclosure but set the bed temperature @100°C. thought it would be good enough for the small pinda cover... but obviously it wasn't.