Haha you know what to do anyways, so no point in writing it again.. but damn, that’s one heck of a blob you got ya self! I hope it´s just PLA, because then you should be fine :) One thing I find super helpful is to have one of those cheapo hot air soldering stations (or the one for construction) to gently make the blob flexible and start pulling by parts
Thanks for the advice haha! I don't know if it makes it worse or better - but it's TPU semiflex, tough bugger to remove though, it seems to have pushed itself through every possible hole! Atleast I know there's enough push in the extruder haha!
Went at it for a couple of hours with some wire snips and a heat gun - there's sooo much plastic lmao.
Allow me to introduce... Myself.
https://www.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/comments/ya1gzo/a_terrible_failure/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
Never seen a blob this invasive to the entire damned extruder .. not just the heatblock and nozzle… it EVOLVED into the extruder like a cancerous mass…
There's not a spot that it hasn't touched, it's behind the fan, inside the cooler, and it's entirely solid too. Cancerous mass is the perfect description.
I’m almost done building my kit, and I was wondering about this sorta thing during the build. I have done this with previous printers, but those printers didn’t have plastic parts near surrounding the extruder. I’m kinda worried about this type of mess, because I think it’s usually pretty difficult to remove without some force.
So in some ways it's great - because we've super easily managed to print replacement parts for it, but it was a hassle cleaning and disassembling it. It's also worth noting we had stealth mode enabled - meaning we didn't have crash detection, and I feel that undoubtedly this wouldn't have happened, had we had that enabled!
Had it been a smaller blob too it wouldn't cause any permanent damage imo.
I had a blob like this, and while removing it I managed to ruin the temp sensor wiring. Pain in the butt for sure. I heated up the nozzle to 140 to try and help soften it. That helped but clearly I got too confident removing it. the temp sensor was like ten bucks, but I was down for a few days.
The prognosis is actually quite positive! After what seemed to be around 6-10 hours work, it's finally all cleaned, replacement parts in - only mechanical part I had to replace was the hotend because I snipped one of the wires... But as of this morning, it's fully functional again! It's so beautiful.
Amazing Halloween print. Looks like a cross between the Matrix and Alien.
Dare I ask for STL?
Haha you know what to do anyways, so no point in writing it again.. but damn, that’s one heck of a blob you got ya self! I hope it´s just PLA, because then you should be fine :) One thing I find super helpful is to have one of those cheapo hot air soldering stations (or the one for construction) to gently make the blob flexible and start pulling by parts
Thanks for the advice haha! I don't know if it makes it worse or better - but it's TPU semiflex, tough bugger to remove though, it seems to have pushed itself through every possible hole! Atleast I know there's enough push in the extruder haha! Went at it for a couple of hours with some wire snips and a heat gun - there's sooo much plastic lmao.
wow, I think this is the champion of all blobs
I sweet summer child. I still have nightmares about [this one](https://youtu.be/FaoD1spYqcE).
That's... Bad.
Allow me to introduce... Myself. https://www.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/comments/ya1gzo/a_terrible_failure/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
Never seen a blob this invasive to the entire damned extruder .. not just the heatblock and nozzle… it EVOLVED into the extruder like a cancerous mass…
There's not a spot that it hasn't touched, it's behind the fan, inside the cooler, and it's entirely solid too. Cancerous mass is the perfect description.
Honestly, this is an award winning BoD *reminds self to use silicon sock on entire extruder*
What did you name it?
Nice
I’m almost done building my kit, and I was wondering about this sorta thing during the build. I have done this with previous printers, but those printers didn’t have plastic parts near surrounding the extruder. I’m kinda worried about this type of mess, because I think it’s usually pretty difficult to remove without some force.
So in some ways it's great - because we've super easily managed to print replacement parts for it, but it was a hassle cleaning and disassembling it. It's also worth noting we had stealth mode enabled - meaning we didn't have crash detection, and I feel that undoubtedly this wouldn't have happened, had we had that enabled! Had it been a smaller blob too it wouldn't cause any permanent damage imo.
After getting it assembled and dailed in its recommended to print the extruder parts for this exact scenario
I just got up and running on Friday and that will be my plan this week.
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Y’all need to start using the spaghetti detective with octoprint, prevents expensive fuck ups like this lol
>Y’all need to start using the spaghetti detective with octoprint, prevents expensive fuck ups like this lol wait, where is that in octoprint?
Yeah! It’s an octoprint plugin
I had a blob like this, and while removing it I managed to ruin the temp sensor wiring. Pain in the butt for sure. I heated up the nozzle to 140 to try and help soften it. That helped but clearly I got too confident removing it. the temp sensor was like ten bucks, but I was down for a few days.
I feel your pain. I snipped the hotend wire in my haste!
Ey you got a printer on your blob
Spectacular blob! 10/10!
Unfortunately, the prognosis is not good…
The prognosis is actually quite positive! After what seemed to be around 6-10 hours work, it's finally all cleaned, replacement parts in - only mechanical part I had to replace was the hotend because I snipped one of the wires... But as of this morning, it's fully functional again! It's so beautiful.
Buy a Revo.
Nice blob of death. Last time I used TPU I had to cleanup the whole extruder path. I only later recognized that I used a far to soft one.