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My poor hexagon

Discussion in 'Show and Tell' started by Simonpackman1, Oct 21, 2015.

  1. Simonpackman1

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    Wow this thing is brittle.

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    On to an E3D for me.


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    #1 Simonpackman1, Oct 21, 2015
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    the heat break ... it broke. :(
    That is the most breakable part of the hotend.
    Good luck. The E3D has a similar setup, just don't put significant torque on the heatbreak when you tighten it.
     
    #2 mark tomlinson, Oct 21, 2015
  3. janot928

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    yup just had to pay 60 euros to replace all the metal parts since i can't get that fricking heatbreack out of both part :mad:
     
    #3 janot928, Oct 21, 2015
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    It is supposed to be torqued (a very little bit) in place while hot.
    That would make getting it loose cold a bit harder.

    This is certainly a case where a replacement is easier :)
     
    #4 mark tomlinson, Oct 21, 2015
  5. janot928

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    but so much more expensive too ^^'
     
    #5 janot928, Oct 21, 2015
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    But reality is that the heatbreak is not replaceable on the Hexagon. It is a better design than most hotends, being all metal, but it still was not to the level of the best hotends
     
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