@20ffb98d@5756e48c In an amazing turn of events, even after a couple years, my thermal paste was exactly where it was supposed to be. Not sure how that happened but I'll take it!
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@20ffb98d@5756e48c Now I'm thinking of removing the back cover permanently and re-doing resonance measurement, just to make it easier to swap nozzles.
That, plus not swapping fans, would take me from 8 screws to 2 screws to swap nozzle, which takes it from "wouldn't it be easier just to unscrew the nozzle form the heater and screw a new one in?" to "sure, no problem" territory for me.
Curious about how precise their manufacturing is; will I need to adjust Z height when doing that?
@20ffb98d@5756e48c Oh, I didn't measure it, that was a handwaving memory.
You are right, they look like 2510. Just went and measured one.
And yes, I finally understand that they shipped two hot ends and one fan with the printer, but that replacement hotends ship with a replacement fan.
@20ffb98d@5756e48c Well, that does also make heat creep more likely... Your shop, your rules, but I wouldn't make the same choice. 🤷
On my other main printer, I didn't move from the Orbiter 1.5 to the Orbiter 2.0 because it dropped the release lever, but I now find I do cold pulls without releasing the lever and it back drives the stepper and works fine. I haven't done any on my Qidi yet, but... was it actually impossible to pull through the extruder, back driving the stepper?
@9c6f15da I'm curious: How do you join the filament from one bottle to the next to have enough filament for larger prints?
This is theoretical for me. We just don't normally drink soda, and PET uncarbonated water bottles (which we keep around for when there is a reason it's hard to use reusable water bottles) are much thinner, and therefore I would expect not workable.
@20ffb98d@5756e48c I do like the idea of adding thermal paste. Just need to find mine, somewhere. It's been a few years since I last needed to use any.
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