My ilder kept breaking so I designed a new one.
I use the Eckertech Extruder on a Prusa i2 with an E3D nozzle. The quick release idler is a joy to use, but it’s weak and keeps snapping, the red ABS one in the video was glued together with acetone to print its replacement. Printing the part in PLA helps, it’s less tough, but less bendy so shouldn’t fatigue as badly. But turning it on its side like this will definitely help. The original would not get tight enough for deep cut hobbed bolts like the Arcol Hyena either, which I’ve also rectified.
I did also make an eckertech printer early last year, other than the extruder it was not an improvement on the Prusa i2 design.
- The printed belt idlers are useless, you can’t put tension in your belt if they are fitted.
- The printed Y carriage is daft and floppy, you can’t level the bed.
- The less said about their all metal hot end the better.
When I mentioned the issues with the Arcol bolt, they told me their hobbed bolt is “widely considered the best hobbed bolt on the market”, I have never seen this noted outside of a comment by Eckertech, anyone else?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmJ9fMMfU7o