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3D Design Bros
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Heatsink Collet replacement

Hi All,

Here is my situation of what happened. I live in Wisconsin where last week it was -10 Fahrenheit (-23 Celsius). I also have my printers in the basement and early in the morning, it is cold down there. So cold that the printers give me a min temp error. So I often put a little space heater on the printers until they are warmed up enough that I can start a print.

We'll I forgot to remove one of the heaters on the printers and eventually the whole thing got warm enough that the filament was just pliable enough that it got all the extruder gears mucked up and expanded in the Bowden tube.

I was able to get everything cleaned up but I couldn't remove the Bowden tube from the heatsink.  I had the bright idea to put the heatsink in the oven at 400 degrees F (204 degrees C).  Worked like a charm and I was able to get the filament out.  

However, one thing I didn't take into account was the black collet on the end of the heatsink.  This melted off.  

So to get to the point I'm looking for a replacement. I looked through older posts and saw people saying Amazon. I found the one linked below.  Seems to be what I need but if you read the reviews seems like it's not?  Can anyone verify this is the right one?

Amazon link

Does anyone have a direct link to a collet that they have purchased that has worked with their MK3S+ that they can provide?

Or perhaps I file where I can print my own? I know I've seen mods like this for other brands of machines.

 

Thanks!

Posted : 31/01/2022 5:38 pm
JoanTabb
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RE: Heatsink Collet replacement

E3D online have a number of resellers, who may be able to help you. 
here is the link to the resellers map, drag it to your area and you should see some suppliers relatively close by.

https://e3d-online.com/pages/resellers

https://e3d-online.com/products/embedded-bowden-collet-for-metal-1-75mm

regards Joan

I try to make safe suggestions,You should understand the context and ensure you are happy that they are safe before attempting to apply my suggestions, what you do, is YOUR responsibility. Location Halifax UK

Posted : 01/02/2022 1:05 am
Urshurak776
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