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Allen Key
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Thermistor and heater cartridge
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PTFE Tubing
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Hotend assembly with fan
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Solder, use cable blocks or crimp to add extra cable. For the heater cartridge you need to use 24AWG. For the thermistor you can use 28AWG.
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Order a longer set locally. The heater cartridge is 24V, 40W, 6*20mm. The thermistor is a 100k NTC thermistor. They are both very common and cheap parts (little over a dollar each), you should be able to find them on sites like Amazon, eBay and Aliexpress:
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The fan mount assembly pops off the heat sink like shown.
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Check that you have a 24V fan.
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Heatsink assembly
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PTFE Coupling
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Heatsink
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Throat
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Heater-block
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Nozzle
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Wrap several layers of the included PTFE thread tape around the threads of the throat and nozzle as shown in the image.
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Use a craft knife to scrape away the excess PTFE tape.
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Reassemble the Hotend making sure that there is a gap between the heater-block and heatsink.
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Begin by fastening on the Nozzle
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Next screw on the heatsink assembly.
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Unscrew the bolt on the side of the heater-block by a few millimetres.
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Take the heater cartridge and thermistor cable assembly and push the heater cartridge into the large hole...
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...and the thermistor into the smaller hole.
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Position the Heater cartridge to the centre of the heater-block and fasten town firmly the bolt that clamps it in place.
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Carefully wrap the thermistor cables around the bolt head.
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Carefully fasten the bolt down.
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Make sure that the flat side of the fan mount is flush with the bottom of the heatsink.
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3 Comments
thermistor needs heat compound to make temp more stable and accurate.
agree with Howard
If I knew that I would have to completely assemble it, I would not have backed it. I have arthritis in my hands and cannot hold the Allen wrench.