Soliddoodle Hot-end rebuild

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This Project Was Completed Almost Two Years A Ago, But I Still Wanted To Share It. At That Time Here At School We Had One Printer Down Because Of A Bad Extruder, And Another One In Poor Shape. When They Were Both Up And Running Well, They Both Ran Pretty Much 8 Plus Hours A Day So I Think We Had Already Had Got Our Moneys Worth. Since The Rebuilding Of Both Printers In 2015 They Are Still Running Strong. We Needed To Replace The Existing Solidoodle Extruder Hot-End Because That Part Was Always Out Of Stock When Trying To Order A Replacement From Soliddoodle ($59). We Had Been Trying To Order A New Hot End From Solidoodle For The Printers For Three Months Before Finding Out Those Parts Were Unavailable (We All Know How That Ended Up). Decided If We Wanted A Working Printer It Would Be Best To Try And Order Another Different Brand Hot-End From The Internet And Modify The X-Axis Carriage To Hold That Extruder. Found A Hot-End Kit On Amazon Web Site. There Are Several Of The Similar Type Being Sold Now For Half What We Paid. If You Happen To Pick One Of Them, Make Sure All The Measurements Are The Same. [3D Cam] Metal J-Head V6 Hot End For Reprap 3D Printer, 1.75Mm Filament Tubing For “Bowden” Extruder, 0.4Mm Nozzle Picked This “Hot-End” Because It Had All Dimensions Of The Extruder And The Possibilities For Making The New Setup A “Bowden” Style Filament Feed With The Direct Drive Extruder Stepper Motor Mounted On The Outside Of The Machine Frame. Relocated The Original Extruder And Motor Mount To The Outside Of The Printer Case And Converted It To A Bowden Style Feed. From Web Site: Http://Www.Amazon.Com/3D-Cam-Printer-Filament-Extruder/Dp/B010Mz8Rkw/Ref=Pd_Sim_328_7?Ie=Utf8&Dpid=51Gifpo9Xgl&Dpsrc=Sims&Prest=_Ac_Ul160_Sr160%2C160_&Refrid=0Wv9R5Ww100Nyvvmm4P8#Customerreviews

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