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Kick Starter Printer

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  1. rileyAR15

    rileyAR15 New Member

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    I have one of the kick starter printers. I have some time to get it back in working order. what i have in mind is switching it over to a Bowden Extruder and change the hot end not sure what one yet. Any help would be appreciated is there any old archived links?

    Thanks for any help.
     
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    Almost all of the original threads are still here. I have two that started off as kickstarter printers (which is the BETA version just so you know). There are also R1 and R1+ and R2 and C2 versions now, all somewhat different.
     
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    An E3D is a fine hotend, I can't speak for bowden conversion -- I left mine all direct drive, the other brand printers I have that are bowden are more problematic than any of my printers that are direct feed.
     
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    Any questions you have on the Beta we can handle.
     
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    Thanks good to know you have the BETA i do remeber the board had a over heat problem or the ramps and the heated bed would shut down in the middle of a print i did buy a solid state relay never hook it up yet but going to get hotend switch over and go from there.

    Thanks
     
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    I cut a hole in the base of the printer next to the arduino/ramps and mounted a 12v DC fan (about 2 inches in size, 3 inches would work too) that sucked air out over the boards.
    Tied it directly to the 12v supply (power on = fan on) problem solved.
     
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