REMEMBER TO TIGHTEN THE THUMBSCREWS for the hotend.
I was printing my second large GNOME.
The Thumbscrews were not properly tightened. So the Hot End fell INTO the print after it was about 2" tall.
The printer shut down and gave an 'overcurrent' error.
Once the print head was retrieved from the melted plastic, it recovered well.
But it is probably a good practice to verify the thumb screws are tight on a regular basis.
RE: REMEMBER TO TIGHTEN THE THUMBSCREWS for the hotend.
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While printing a large GNOME, the hot end fell into the print because the thumbscrews weren’t tightened, causing an overcurrent shutdown. After clearing the melted plastic, the printer recovered, but it’s a good reminder to regularly check and tighten the thumbscrews before long jobs.
RE: REMEMBER TO TIGHTEN THE THUMBSCREWS for the hotend.
PRUSA Tech support were very helpful in figuring out what had gone wrong.
Came home expecting the print to be almost finished. Instead the machine was beeping with a fatal 'overcurrent' error.
It turned out that all it was was the thumbscrews not being tight and the head having dropped into the piece mid print.
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RE: REMEMBER TO TIGHTEN THE THUMBSCREWS for the hotend.
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