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- Tue May 05, 2015 9:59 pm
- Forum: Mods and Upgrades
- Topic: OPAM Water-cooled Hot End Now on Indiegogo
- Replies: 13
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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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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
Hi Martin,Tincho85 wrote:Hello, nice design, but where is the thermistor? is it threaded?
I can't see it in any pictures.
The thermistor is secured to the SS304 body using thermal paste (MUFFLER&TAILPIPE SEALER) as per attached pic, not threaded.
Thanks,
- 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 ...