While at the Midwest RepRap Fest I picked up some nylon.

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While at the Midwest RepRap Fest I picked up some nylon. Well, all the nylon, and some other stuff too.

I know nylon ought not be ran through my MakerGear hotends, but I water cool them so I should be able to keep the PEEK cool enough to be ok.

I am pumped to start printing parts.

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Can you explain a bit about this situation “water cool” with nylon ? I’m trying to print with taulman, but already destroyed 2 hotends ! LOL

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I have a maker gear hot end, with the plastic body. Nylon is too hot for the PEEK insulator. I made a water block that surrounds the PEEK to keep it cool.

Kinda like water cooling a computer.

I am going to do a write up on it soon, but a quick google search should find my first iteration. (On my phone right now)

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Many thanks , I’m going to check … good job

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@Ricardo_Mola It looks like I had posted my water block a few months ago. https://plus.google.com/u/0/+MikeCreuzer/posts/FjsAn4yJBk1 I need to re-make it a bit higher quality, but it’s a start. You can see how small and light the block is at least.