Does this hobby ever get easier or is it always like getting kicked in the nuts by Ronaldo?
Filament some how leaked up and burned on. I just don’t have it in me to keep tinkering. I just want to print
Does this hobby ever get easier or is it always like getting kicked in the nuts by Ronaldo?
Filament some how leaked up and burned on. I just don’t have it in me to keep tinkering. I just want to print
It’s kinda normal. If the hotend clogs there’s only two places for the plastic to go (or it can stop going into the hotend), the other one is up. And this is both more common and way better than up.
It doesn’t look like it, but the printer pushes the filament with a lot of force. It’s normal for it to just go into some completely unexpected direction that you can’t replicate by hand.
Anyway, if it’s working correctly and what bothers you is the extra plastic, just heat the printer until some 160 °C and pull it away.
Thank you, that did the trick to remove it!
If i were to leave something like that, is there a risk of a fire starting?
Not really. Nothing on the printer get hot enough for that.
But there is a large risk of the extruded plastic adhering to it and of it contaminating your print.
Thank you! I’d rather deal with a contaminated print than a fire
I’m not going to say no, however my nozzle has been pretty gross for a long time between cleanings and never been an issue.
The bigger danger is that the thermocouple could fail and allow runaway heating (beyond 300c). But most good print firmware is supposed to prevent that.
Thank you! I that makes me feel better about leaving it print while I’m at work