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Help. Rep2x 3-1 extruder upgrade and PetG

Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2015 8:16 pm
by chinman
I can't for the life of me get successful prints with petg, s3d, using 3-1 extruder upgrade on my rep 2x. Can anyone share some advice, and/or their settings?

I've tried everything. I've tried turning off retraction, raising lowering amounts etc. After a few minutes of printing i get the dreaded clicking, and the filament stops feeding properly

i've cleaned the nozzle; i've tried both springs included. Full compression, little compression. Always the same result.

Re: Help. Rep2x 3-1 extruder upgrade and PetG

Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2015 1:34 am
by PinballGeorgio
Sounds like you are printing with a temperature to low. Try to raise that 10 degrees and look if flows better through the nozzle.
I print around the 240 for best result.

Re: Help. Rep2x 3-1 extruder upgrade and PetG

Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2015 6:11 am
by CompoundCarl
Maybe also lower the default printing speed. If you try to extruder too much plastic too quickly, this can also cause clicking extruder issues.

Re: Help. Rep2x 3-1 extruder upgrade and PetG

Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2015 10:44 pm
by countspatula
I have not printed with PetG, but if it has similar print characteristics as PLA then you won't be able to print it with the stock 2X extruder cooling block. I had to install this to print PLA, maybe the same issue with PetG.

http://shop.raffle.ch/shop/alu-dual-35/