IC, I already PM'ed the sellers hopefully he will honors my request

dam after cleaning the nozzle from blockages now I noticed black molten build up at top (at heatbreak) and bottom of the nozzle seem I have a leak

This post has been edited by DarkTenno: Jun 30 2014, 11:30 PM

Did you unscrew the nozzle to clean? Maybe try adding a few layers of teflon/PTFE tape on the nozzle threading and see if it still leaks.

yeap I did maybe when tighten the nozzle I accidentally loosen the heat break part, as the leak coming from the top of the heater block, I guess need to dissemble it and clean it again

hii guys, im interested in owning my own 3d printer. ive been looking into this thread and some other fb 3d printer group to gather informations.

idk, the cheapest diy kit that i can find in malaysia (i think) is from blomker. is there any other vendor?

tho that being said, i have no idea where to start. i guess i have to start by ordering the kit? lol

Get the Alu prusa i3 from blomker quite nice and Prusa i3 have a lot of user contributed upgrade, I wish did before buying my mendelmax , never the less aviod delta if this is your first 3d print , maybe I should get the prusa i3 too

tho when i look up on the delta, it was kinda an interesting kit lol. it looks cool too. does it hard to assemble?

btw, do u know the dimension of printing area for prusa i3? oh, its you. im following ur blog too btw haha

printing area for mendelmax are the same 200x200 i think, Delta bot are easy to assemble but only problem is the tuning part will take you a while to get a nice print result

I Need to fix my nozzle and start printing ABS part for my kossel

This post has been edited by DarkTenno: Jul 1 2014, 12:01 PM

oh, u have both mendelmax n delta? nice. i was thinking to get the prusa and add the monitor thingy that i can print thru sd card. its posible right?

prusa can also print both pla n abs? gah, too much question, better ask em at blomker xD

yes can print both, but if you ask mr. bayer (blomker) he always suggest only PLA , you need to buy the LCD for that blomker have them just let him know you want it bundled with the thing you want , but I think he is out of the country at the moment so expect slow reply (I feel like I'm his PA now lol)

oh haha. yeah, sent em a msg already thru fb. btw, last q, is it posible to print ninjaflex? the rubber-thingy filament. do we need to change hothead everytime to use different material (to be optimal)? since he suggest only to print pla.

This post has been edited by tribrainz: Jul 1 2014, 12:20 PM

depends you need to check the filament extruding temperature, bayer suggested don't go over 230c on his hotend

oh. no wonder. got it wish prusa have the auto level too like the kessel xD

it can but you have to do some mod on the firmware and hardware, I have been struggling with my autoleveling for days now, I disabled it and back to normal auto bed leveling for now

Hi and welcome to the discussion. As a beginner, I wouldn't recommend starting off with ninjaflex because its a difficult material to print and I have known filament suppliers having problems with this material. As @DarktTennon mentioned, I would also recommend PLA for new reprap users before trying out other materials.

Changing hotend is an operator preference but for me, I would rather use one hotend for each material to prevent material mixing and contamination which could lead to problems such as nozzle clogging.

Another company you can try buying from is Printrbot.com. I bought my 3D printer from them and I am very impressed by the build quality and service they provide. Their printers now comes with autobed leveling using a proximity sensor. Its quite expensive, almost 3k for me including shipping and gst but the reliability is superb. Just don't buy their filaments.

You might want to check out http://reprap.org/ and their how to build a 3D printer section.

no no dont get me wrong, definitely wont go ninjaflex so soon lol. just weighting my options, thats all

@altan u bought pre assemble or kit from printrbot.com?

thx for the warm welcoming

Wanted to buy the kit but during launch day but they only sell the pre-assembled one. The kit is USD 50 less and I recommend you go for the kit not just because its cheaper but you get the experience in building a 3D printer and you won't have problems with delivery later on. Unlike my pre-assembled printer, it came with a broken coupler due to mishandling from the shipping company.

BTW, I currently own a Printrbot Simple All-Metal.

Currently I am sourcing for parts in Malaysia as well as Singapore to build a 3D printer of my own requirement.

cleaned up my hotend again, I take my butane torch and burn them all up and refit it with a new PFTE tape printing for almost 8 hrs no leak

altan have you tested the china hotend yet?

Yup, manage to attach the china hotend to my Printrbot extruder with out any mods. It was a tight fit since the china hot end was 0.05 mm too wide.


I have not work out the wiring yet but will get to it maybe tonight. Also have to readjust the proximity sensor height as the china hotend is about 10 mm shorter than the stock UBIS hotend. Hopefully will be able to calibrate this properly.

Also, I won't start any prints until I burn in the heater cartridge for half a day. I will let all of you know when I get my first print out of the china hotend.

In the mean time, I tried @QwikFab crystal clear filament at 0.4 mm wall thickness, 0.2 mm layer resolution, and no fill and this is what I got.