I dumped the MakerGear V3 and ordered an E3D Bowden from filastruder.com Time was very accommodating and let me order it with a 0.6mm nozzle instead of the stock 0.4mm.
I modified the effector.scad file to open the center mount to make room for th etop of the heatsink to push through, and then the rescess so the Bowden connector would fit. I used the Birch ply mount as before. I originally tried to use Kapton to mount the thermistor (Semitec) that comes from E3D, but the temps seemed unreliable so I took a note from semecnc.com and use Permatex Ultra Copper RTV to mount a new thermistor (with Teflon insulation) when one of the legs broke as I tried to remove the Kapton. I got the thermistop from tridprinting.com.
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Now that I have the hotend I need to reprint the Wades to use the E3D Bowden connector, but I can still go ahead and calibrate the printer. I plan to film the process I use which will apply to Smoothie and Marlin users since I will be using M665 and M666 gcodes.
I modified the effector.scad file to open the center mount to make room for th etop of the heatsink to push through, and then the rescess so the Bowden connector would fit. I used the Birch ply mount as before. I originally tried to use Kapton to mount the thermistor (Semitec) that comes from E3D, but the temps seemed unreliable so I took a note from semecnc.com and use Permatex Ultra Copper RTV to mount a new thermistor (with Teflon insulation) when one of the legs broke as I tried to remove the Kapton. I got the thermistop from tridprinting.com.
Now that I have the hotend I need to reprint the Wades to use the E3D Bowden connector, but I can still go ahead and calibrate the printer. I plan to film the process I use which will apply to Smoothie and Marlin users since I will be using M665 and M666 gcodes.