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by khitho1
Tue May 05, 2015 9:59 pm
Forum: Mods and Upgrades
Topic: OPAM Water-cooled Hot End Now on Indiegogo
Replies: 13
Views: 9854

Re: OPAM Water-cooled Hot End Now on Indiegogo

To Mvansomeren, Noted on point regarding OPAM's compatibility with delta printers / bowden extruders. The video below that shows the OPAM Hotend printing with a bowden extruder. [youtube]https://youtu.be/8Yju8kP3Aw0[/youtube] I have modified Thing-o-matic's original design just to demonstrate the ...
by khitho1
Mon May 04, 2015 9:03 pm
Forum: Mods and Upgrades
Topic: OPAM Water-cooled Hot End Now on Indiegogo
Replies: 13
Views: 9854

Re: OPAM Water-cooled Hot End Now on Indiegogo

Hello, nice design, but where is the thermistor? is it threaded? I can't see it in any pictures. Hi Martin, The thermistor is secured to the SS304 body using thermal paste (MUFFLER&TAILPIPE SEALER) as per attached pic, not threaded. Thanks, Pretty. A couple questions though. What steps are required ...
by khitho1
Mon May 04, 2015 1:55 pm
Forum: Mods and Upgrades
Topic: OPAM Water-cooled Hot End Now on Indiegogo
Replies: 13
Views: 9854

Re: OPAM Water-cooled Hot End Now on Indiegogo

I can't see how this would work on a delta printer. It seems like the tubing for the water would cause too much resistance to the movement of the effector/hotend. Also, the water reservoir is fairly small. Wouldn't the temperture of the water slowly climb, causing it not to cool as effectively the ...
by khitho1
Mon May 04, 2015 1:36 pm
Forum: Mods and Upgrades
Topic: OPAM Water-cooled Hot End Now on Indiegogo
Replies: 13
Views: 9854

Re: OPAM Water-cooled Hot End Now on Indiegogo

I like the idea, a lot really, but 50 hours of print time is not really enough to get me to invest in ANOTHER hot end..... show me 500 I would be interested. a couple of questions.... how do you determine if the coolant flow rate is correct for your heat settings? how long till the hot end temp ...
by khitho1
Mon May 04, 2015 1:17 pm
Forum: Mods and Upgrades
Topic: OPAM Water-cooled Hot End Now on Indiegogo
Replies: 13
Views: 9854

Re: OPAM Water-cooled Hot End Now on Indiegogo

Tincho85 wrote:Hello, nice design, but where is the thermistor? is it threaded?
I can't see it in any pictures.
Hi Martin,

The thermistor is secured to the SS304 body using thermal paste (MUFFLER&TAILPIPE SEALER) as per attached pic, not threaded.

Thanks,
by khitho1
Mon May 04, 2015 10:11 am
Forum: Mods and Upgrades
Topic: OPAM Water-cooled Hot End Now on Indiegogo
Replies: 13
Views: 9854

OPAM Water-cooled Hot End Now on Indiegogo

Hi Fellow Reprappers, I have just launched my indiegogo campaign on All Metal Hot End (Water-cooled) as per: http://igg.me/at/OPAM-hotend In summary, the distinct features of my hot end design: 1) A truly One Piece All Metal (OPAM)design (where nozzle, heater block & heater cartridge is combined ...

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