Originally shared by Jeff Keegan Here we go! The last blog post before I

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Originally shared by Jeff Keegan

Here we go! The last blog post before I go to Makerfaire NY 2013 next week! And this caught up to last year’s out-of-sequence post about Makerfaire NY 2012, so I’m less than a year behind in my blog now!
http://www.keegan.org/reprapblog/archives/3971

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What is that hotend? It looks like an ancient one I have from http://mendel-parts.com

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http://reprap.org/wiki/Geared_extruder_nozzle

with a rounded peek block from:

http://reprap.org/wiki/Extruder_Nozzle_Variations#Rounded_Support_Block

Made it on my lathe. I think they did sell it on MendelParts.com, yeah.

It’s given me enough problems that I’m not bringing it to Makerfaire this year. I may even make an old retro nichrome-wire-wrapped one if I run out of time. :slight_smile:

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Yikes! That thing was a nightmare for me. Sounds like you need to make friends with reifsnyderb before Makerfaire.