WARNING |
Our profile presets in our cloud and desktop slicer are designed for the pre-installed Hotends on the Portrait 3D printer. Changes may affect results negatively. |
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12v All-Metal with a .4mm brass nozzle | |
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12v PTFE with a .4mm brass nozzle |
Remove a Hotend
- Turn off the printer, disconnect the power cord, and make sure the Hotends are cool before starting.
- Remove the roof of the machine.
- Remove the collet clip(s) from the extruder(s). (Be careful not to lose the clips)
- Push the black collet (red arrow) and pull the Bowden tube out while holding (green arrow).
- Remove the printhead lid to expose the Hotends.
- Unplug the Hotends connectors carefully while holding them.
- Grab a Phillips screwdriver and loosen the holder screw carefully, DO NOT remove it completely.
- Pull the Hotend down carefully. Check the cables are not entangled or caught anywhere.
Installing a Hotend
- Thread the Hotend's Bowden tube through the Hotend holder.
- Ensure the Hotend is pushed up all the way into the Hotend holder.
- While pushing the Hotend upwards, tighten the Hotend’s holder screw.
- Plug the Hotend cables back into the connectors.
- Put the front print head cover back on the print head, and check that the Hotend wires do not show below the bottom edge of the cover
- Preheat the Hotend to a 205 c temperature using the manual controls (Setup > Manual Controls > Controls).
- When the Hotend has reached 205 c, grab the heat block using pliers and use a wrench to tighten the nozzle to make sure there is no gap between the PTFE Bowden tube and the Nozzle/heatbreak.
- Put on the heat block sock.
- Check calibration.
Learn how to assemble the hotends here.