So I was printing and left the printer alone for a long print and came back to the image I attached. I tried heat and pulling it off, but for some reason the extruder now shows an error. What do I do?
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Ahhh the dreaded “ball of death”
You probably have a broken thermistor wire inside.
Heat gun, scraper, cussing and swearing…
You WILL get a couple minor burns. Welcome to the club.
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The first time I had this, I had to use a drill to get out of the hotend.
The result was that I had to change it
So uhh, I basically broke it and got a new extruder head, but it is missing a few parts. What do I have to get?
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What parts are salvageable?
In addition to the core unit shown the assembly includes:
- Interface board for the ribbon cable
- mount plate
- Extruder fan and duct (on the side)
- Part cooling fan and duct (lower on the front)
- Bed probe and mounting bracket
- Hot end assembly
The hot end is made up of:
- Heat break
- Heat block
- Heater cartridge
- Thermistor
- Sock
- Nozzle
If I’m not mistaken the hot end is generic MK8 and can come from quicker and cheeper sources than Sovol.