My Stoopid Stuff
  • Home
  • Projects
  • Blog
  • Lec'tronics
  • Links
  • CNC
  • Quick Recipes
  • 3D Printer Tips

Clogs, Damn Clogs...

2/5/2022

0 Comments

 
Picture
No, I have nothing against traditional Dutch footwear, its the clogs which jam up my printer when I do something dum that I dun' like.  In this case I know what happened, I had been messing with retraction, and ramped it up to a higher than normal value when I was testing the Hatchbox wood PLA using my BMG direct drive.  I think I must have left the retraction high when I went to print something else using regular PLA, and that must have sucked some plastic into the colder part of the heatbreak. 

I was getting prints that looked like sponges so I pulled the nozzle off and removed the heatbreak. The clog can be seen in the pic above, it almost looks like the end of a PTFE tube in a non-all metal hot end, but don't be fooled, its a nasty clog, and has to be removed to get the printer working again.  To dislodge the clog, I used the blunt end of a 1/16" drill bit bit to push it out with the block removed (with the heatbreak installed but the nozzle removed), and heated to 180°C.  Once at temp, with the plastic softened, I pushed the drill bit through a couple times to evict the clog.  After that I took the opportunity to swap in a plated MK8 (brass) 0.6mm nozzle which looks like it will work nicely.
Picture
What remains of the clog
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Picture

    Stoopid Me

    Welcome to my Stoopid corner of teh Internet.  It's mostly gonna be 3D printing stuff, but I also post some recipes, projects, and the occasional rant here as well.  More Stoopid stuff is updated regularly.

    I recently joined the Amazon Associate program, so some of the links on this site are Amazon affiliate links. This means that, at zero cost to you, I will earn an affiliate commission if you click through the link and finalize a purchase.  This will help to support this site, and pay for more Stoopid Stuff.

    Archives

    March 2023
    February 2023
    January 2023
    November 2022
    October 2022
    September 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    April 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    November 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    June 2017
    December 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    July 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    September 2015
    August 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    November 2013
    August 2013
    July 2013
    June 2013
    May 2013
    April 2013
    March 2013
    January 2013
    December 2012
    November 2012
    October 2012
    September 2012
    August 2012

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

      Contact Form (Name is optional)

    Submit
Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.