tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573615209338157347.post1342803776015299000..comments2019-11-27T09:04:19.762+00:00Comments on JSR's RepRap Mendel: Hot End BuildJSRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15313808987059484063noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573615209338157347.post-86935949192489600552010-07-14T12:10:44.119+01:002010-07-14T12:10:44.119+01:00Casainho, you are probably right, I haven't tr...Casainho, you are probably right, I haven't tried actually exturuding the plastic yet to see if I am measuring the correct temperature. There is no mention of having a short as possible hot zone on the buid instructions:<br />"Wind the nichrome wire onto the brass in the valleys of the threads. Start at the PTFE end, run a length straight towards the tip, then wind round and round back to the PTFE covering the straight piece you just laid.".<br /><br />If I have any problems I will do as you say, Thanks Casainho.JSRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15313808987059484063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573615209338157347.post-40450066767983243032010-07-13T21:20:16.426+01:002010-07-13T21:20:16.426+01:00Also you must put thermistor "far" from ...Also you must put thermistor "far" from nichrome wire, or you will measure instead the wire heating and not the brass barrel.<br /><br />Thermistor must measure brass barrel hotness, so you must put it a bit far from wire... do not put it under the wire!Casainhohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09458423869238512900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573615209338157347.post-82912945726621237482010-07-13T21:14:21.742+01:002010-07-13T21:14:21.742+01:00You should make a small hot area, and not as you a...You should make a small hot area, and not as you are doing! You want a short hot area, not a long one!!<br /><br />(sorry, can't explain better due to my bad english)Casainhohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09458423869238512900noreply@blogger.com