What tools do you use to run diagnostics on the hot end? I'm thinking of some kind of external sensor that would work independently of the machine's sensors.
I am having some apparent heating issues on a WanHao & an Ultimaker.
-- I think the Ultimaker will need some new sensors (trying to figure out which one(s) exactly... hard to do without a diagram or something, just reading maintenance stuff and matching the parts on the pictures/videos to the names given in the explanation. If you know of a better source for this, link me?) It's currently disassembled until I can figure out which part I need and find a replacement for it (preferably something cheaper than the Ultimaker website. working on a tight budget).
-- The WanHao is still assembled, and we are able to get decent prints off the left extruder (it's a dual). The right extruder "works" but the prints are very rough on the top and it fails frequently. Other issues we've noticed while printing on the right one all seem to be symptoms of heating issues, like the printer is sensing the wrong temperature. (This could be a sensor issue, or a motherboard problem. We've had motherboard issues in the past.)
Whatever tools I might need, they need to be interchangeable and work on pretty much any printer on the market. We have 3 different brands right now and might be getting a 4th soon, though we hope to start working on streamlining the brands we use so we don't have to learn the quirks of several different brands. Also, I need low cost tools and parts, and the websites/stores/sources. My budget is.... interesting.... to work with and I currently have to go through at least 2 people before the part can be purchased/ordered.
And finally, because I know it will matter, I am located in Arizona. If you know of local places for printers/parts, I'm all for it! We're starting to consider finding physical stores to purchase from so we can return/exchange if necessary.
TIA!
~~ LibraryDragon ~~
I am having some apparent heating issues on a WanHao & an Ultimaker.
-- I think the Ultimaker will need some new sensors (trying to figure out which one(s) exactly... hard to do without a diagram or something, just reading maintenance stuff and matching the parts on the pictures/videos to the names given in the explanation. If you know of a better source for this, link me?) It's currently disassembled until I can figure out which part I need and find a replacement for it (preferably something cheaper than the Ultimaker website. working on a tight budget).
-- The WanHao is still assembled, and we are able to get decent prints off the left extruder (it's a dual). The right extruder "works" but the prints are very rough on the top and it fails frequently. Other issues we've noticed while printing on the right one all seem to be symptoms of heating issues, like the printer is sensing the wrong temperature. (This could be a sensor issue, or a motherboard problem. We've had motherboard issues in the past.)
Whatever tools I might need, they need to be interchangeable and work on pretty much any printer on the market. We have 3 different brands right now and might be getting a 4th soon, though we hope to start working on streamlining the brands we use so we don't have to learn the quirks of several different brands. Also, I need low cost tools and parts, and the websites/stores/sources. My budget is.... interesting.... to work with and I currently have to go through at least 2 people before the part can be purchased/ordered.
And finally, because I know it will matter, I am located in Arizona. If you know of local places for printers/parts, I'm all for it! We're starting to consider finding physical stores to purchase from so we can return/exchange if necessary.
TIA!
~~ LibraryDragon ~~
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