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PrusaME
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Extruder Head Meltdown - Need Help

I'm hoping an experienced Prusa user can help me.  I got set up with an MK3S last summer and have done about 1,200 hours of printing since then.  Man I love this thing.  I recently left it to print a 3+ hour project and found this when I came back to check on it:

PETG Spaghetti Monster

I managed to extricate the solid blob from the underside of the head but it did a lot of damage.  Because it was a solid blob of semi-molten PETG, it melted the edges of cooling duct and welded itself to other printed parts of the head. The whole thing needs to be rebuilt but I can't print the parts.

Aftermath  

Is there some merciful person out there who would be willing to print a batch of new extruder head parts for me?  Hopefully with similar quality PETG Prusament or even ASA - to make it more temp resilient in the future?  I can definitely pay for shipping.  It has been this way for almost a month now because I've been too depressed about it to admit it's FUBAR.  My wife is a nurse and I'd love to try and print some of the face shields that were posted recently for coronavirus PPE but this is step 1. . .

Thanks for any ideas/help.

-Chris in Maine, USA

Posted : 23/03/2020 12:37 am
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Brooks
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RE: Extruder Head Meltdown - Need Help

I had the same problem.  Hopefully someone will respond.

 

Posted : 19/05/2020 12:40 am
DroneGirl
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RE: Extruder Head Meltdown - Need Help
Posted by: @econme

I'm hoping an experienced Prusa user can help me.  I got set up with an MK3S last summer and have done about 1,200 hours of printing since then.  Man I love this thing.  I recently left it to print a 3+ hour project and found this when I came back to check on it:

PETG Spaghetti Monster

I managed to extricate the solid blob from the underside of the head but it did a lot of damage.  Because it was a solid blob of semi-molten PETG, it melted the edges of cooling duct and welded itself to other printed parts of the head. The whole thing needs to be rebuilt but I can't print the parts.

Aftermath  

Is there some merciful person out there who would be willing to print a batch of new extruder head parts for me?  Hopefully with similar quality PETG Prusament or even ASA - to make it more temp resilient in the future?  I can definitely pay for shipping.  It has been this way for almost a month now because I've been too depressed about it to admit it's FUBAR.  My wife is a nurse and I'd love to try and print some of the face shields that were posted recently for coronavirus PPE but this is step 1. . .

Thanks for any ideas/help.

-Chris in Maine, USA

Hi Chris,

I'm in the UK and happy to help if you haven't got it resolved. I have some Orange PETG and can print the head parts for you. Just let me know which ones you need.

Stef x

Posted : 19/05/2020 7:33 am
cwbullet
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RE: Extruder Head Meltdown - Need Help
Posted by: @econme

I'm hoping an experienced Prusa user can help me.  I got set up with an MK3S last summer and have done about 1,200 hours of printing since then.  Man I love this thing.  I recently left it to print a 3+ hour project and found this when I came back to check on it:

PETG Spaghetti Monster

I managed to extricate the solid blob from the underside of the head but it did a lot of damage.  Because it was a solid blob of semi-molten PETG, it melted the edges of cooling duct and welded itself to other printed parts of the head. The whole thing needs to be rebuilt but I can't print the parts.

Aftermath  

Is there some merciful person out there who would be willing to print a batch of new extruder head parts for me?  Hopefully with similar quality PETG Prusament or even ASA - to make it more temp resilient in the future?  I can definitely pay for shipping.  It has been this way for almost a month now because I've been too depressed about it to admit it's FUBAR.  My wife is a nurse and I'd love to try and print some of the face shields that were posted recently for coronavirus PPE but this is step 1. . .

Thanks for any ideas/help.

-Chris in Maine, USA

There are folks on Etsy and eBay that print the parts really cheap.  

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Posted : 19/05/2020 9:16 am
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