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A $15.00 all metal hot end??

Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2016 3:01 pm
by DavidF
Well close anyway... While window shopping for a new printer I found that Folgertech offered an all metal hot end for 15 bucks, so I ordered one and it arrived just moments ago. Unfortunatly it is not all metal, there is a ptfe tube running down inside the ss heat break right up to the brass nozzle. Its actually kind of funny, I was planning on replacing the heat break with one that had the ptfe tube run through it and using it for a pla only hot end. Im installing it now and will be testing it tonight with a follow up report. Another nice thing is replacement nozzles are only 1.50 :)
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Re: A $15.00 all metal hot end??

Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2016 12:29 pm
by Eaglezsoar
It looks like one of the E3D knockoffs.
It will be interesting to see how it prints.

Re: A $15.00 all metal hot end??

Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2016 11:46 am
by DavidF
So far so good :) It is printing well and has not plugged up. Although it is not a true all metal hot end it is working out well for printing PLA and would be a great upgrade from the good old J head.
Gene you should try one out, I think you will like it...