BHead
Release status: Experimental
| Description | BHead HotEnd
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| License | GPL
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Contents
Introduction
BHead has been designed to have a extremely simple and reproducible design (you need only a lathe)
Hotend is made of brass and thermal barrier is made of PEEK.
PTFE tube is inside the thermal barrier.
Advantages
- Groovemount like J-Head
- very strong and simple design
- no fancy parts
- easy of changing nozzle
- heater cartridge 6mm (12V or 24V)
Disadvantages
- possibile very small leakage. under investigation
Compatible with
- Wade's and Greg's accessible extruder
- Printrbot Bowden Cable mod (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:26963)
- Groovemount
- with all snap-in JHead extruder --- http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:27804 --- http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:29286 --- http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:42112 --- http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:39098
- GRRF extruder mount (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:25035)
CAD Drawing
Suppliers
contact me on icanbuild.it blog
Installation
Using the Mounting Holes in the Wade Extruder
- Insert the nozzle holder in the 5/8 inch (16mm) hot-end socket.
- Using a sharp instrument or other object, mark the 4 hole locations on the nozzle holder.
- Remove the nozzle holder.
- Using a round file, file the mounting grooves in the nozzle holder in order to create 2 grooves for the mounting screws or bolts to pass through.
- Install the hot end.
Using A Mounting Groove
Use a nozzle holder that is machined with the optional mounting groove and a cold-end that is designed for using a mounting groove or an adapter plate adapter plate for a mounting groove. In this configuration, a mounting groove is normally required.
