On Thursday 18 February 2021 18:15:25 andy pugh wrote: > On Thu, 18 Feb 2021 at 22:49, Chris Albertson <[email protected]> wrote: > > This is good because it > > removes mass from the moving head. > > ... > > > But the direct feed head has much better control of the extrusion > > process as there is only about 10mm of filament between the motor > > and the brass nozzle. > > I have an answer to this dilemma, but don't know what to do with it.
The microswiss kit is about as nice as it can be, but their hot end is sadly a POS. So I have modified the OEM hot end and re-installed it, works a lot better. One of the things you need to do if you move the extruder motor to the xcarraige is to seriously reduce the filament retraction and subsequent reprime moves which are set to around 6.5mm in cura, when the motor is remote, to around 1 mm when its only 2" to the nozzle, otherwise the excess retraction pulls liquid plastic far up into the heat sink, freezing it solid until you take it all apart and drill it out. Thats a certified PITA. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
