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*MK8 gear is strong enough to stall stepper motor - [http://airtripper.com/1676/3d-printer-extruder-filament-drive-gear-review-benchmark/]  | *MK8 gear is strong enough to stall stepper motor - [http://airtripper.com/1676/3d-printer-extruder-filament-drive-gear-review-benchmark/]  | ||
*Pros and cons of direct vs geared extruders - [http://3dprintboard.com/showthread.php?4025-Extruder-comparison]  | *Pros and cons of direct vs geared extruders - [http://3dprintboard.com/showthread.php?4025-Extruder-comparison]  | ||
*"and move the filament's drive gear away from the heat that radiates up from the hotend.  | |||
As far as I'm concerned it is a fatal design flaw in the Mk8-style extruders - [https://www.reddit.com/r/Reprap/comments/33qbd6/extruder_ticking_tried_everything_im_hopeless/]  | |||
Revision as of 04:49, 12 October 2016
Strategy
Select based on what Lulzbot and Prusa i3 Original use. Week time scale
- Select - By Monday
 - BOM - by Tuesday
 - Order - By Wed
 - Test -Saturday
 - Compatible with ramps, using existing RAMPS system
 
Tech Tree of Choices
Evaluated by:
- Open source
 - Ramps compatible
 - Simplicity + high performance
 - Easy to source parts
 - Easy to build (little to no cost for fabrication after parts are secured)
 - Naturally low cost
 
- MK8 Extruder - $18 - [1]
 
Links
Choices
- Mini J-Head - GPL - [5]
 - Lulzbot, with Hexagon hot end - [6]
 - J-head does polycarbonate - [7] - $13
 - J-head .5 mm - [8]
 - $35 j-head .5 mm prime - [9]
 - MK8 Direct Drive Extruder Assembly - $35 - [10]
 - Prime - j-head - $12 - [11]
 - Universal extruder - http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:183982
 - Compact 3 mm extruder - http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:375894
 - Lucas - experimental - http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:378330
 
MK8 With Direct Drive?
- This says MK8 can do 3mm filament - [12]
 - 3mm drive gear for MK8 - [13]
 - Geetech on Amazon prime - 3mm? - [14]
 - MK8 gear is strong enough to stall stepper motor - [15]
 - Pros and cons of direct vs geared extruders - [16]
 - "and move the filament's drive gear away from the heat that radiates up from the hotend.
 
As far as I'm concerned it is a fatal design flaw in the Mk8-style extruders - [17]