Problems with M201 extruder hot head

[William]

I´m having the same problem with my m201, haven´t been able to print for the first time, printing comes out in a drop - by - drop manner and obviously it can´t conform a single object. Have tried all found in this forum: cleaning the hotend thoroughly, unscrewing each tube (loosening the 4 screws in the back of cooler) several times and cleaning while hot. Adjusting the potentiometer to up to 1,2 V, done that. It might be that the filament doesn´t go trough the hole at the end of each tube, or it does, but it soon gets clogged and unscrew and clean all over again, I have tried at least a dozen times at no expense and the filament keeps getting wasted.. .
Still waiting for some support for this issue..

Hi,
What size is your filament?How about extruding the filament manually?Did the filament come out differently?
So looks like the two motors of supplying the filament work fine??
If they do,it maybe the plugging problem,have you read this article?
http://www.geeetech.com/forum/viewtopic ... 19&t=17616
Best Regards

[lior@motiontech.co.il]

i pluged them till the end , and its still stuck.

i sorry to hear that other people have promlems with this printer too

[William]

i pluged them till the end , and its still stuck.

i sorry to hear that other people have promlems with this printer too

Hi，
Sorry to hear that,i understand how are you feeling.And did you read the article i posted to you:http://www.geeetech.com/forum/viewtopic ... 19&t=17616
I think the article is helpful.
Besides,i wanna know if you turn on the fan on the hot head when you're heating it up?

[lior@motiontech.co.il]

The fan on the hot head is always on , i will tead the artical an let you know

[lior@motiontech.co.il]

The fan on the hot head is always on , i will read the artical an let you know

[lior@motiontech.co.il]

i read the post and its nor the case , the i think the pla is getting to the hot head but its not melting , i know that because i pulled out the pla after i heated everything and tried to extrude some.

[William]

i read the post and its nor the case , the i think the pla is getting to the hot head but its not melting , i know that because i pulled out the pla after i heated everything and tried to extrude some.

Didn't melt?Did it reach the enough temp?You can also unclog the hotend by the two holes of left side and right side when you heating up the hotend:

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[idom]

I´m having the same problem with my m201, haven´t been able to print for the first time, printing comes out in a drop - by - drop manner and obviously it can´t conform a single object. Have tried all found in this forum: cleaning the hotend thoroughly, unscrewing each tube (loosening the 4 screws in the back of cooler) several times and cleaning while hot. Adjusting the potentiometer to up to 1,2 V, done that. It might be that the filament doesn´t go trough the hole at the end of each tube, or it does, but it soon gets clogged and unscrew and clean all over again, I have tried at least a dozen times at no expense and the filament keeps getting wasted.. .
Still waiting for some support for this issue..

Hi,
What size is your filament?How about extruding the filament manually?Did the filament come out differently?
So looks like the two motors of supplying the filament work fine??
If they do,it maybe the plugging problem,have you read this article?
http://www.geeetech.com/forum/viewtopic ... 19&t=17616
Best Regards

Hi, The filament size is the one for this printer (1,75mm), when extruding the filament manually while printing it does comes out, but when printing it starts getting out ok but afer a while it comes back to a drop by drop manner and the printed object gets damaged, kind of hairy. The motors seems to work as they move but sometimes they just don´t push too hard i guess so filament seems like it is goung but comes back again.
I already checkd the post about the pigtais and did my fix adding some pfte tube so it goes directly. But the issue even though improved it still doesnt let me print a thing for the first time.

[William]

Hi,
Have you disassembled the hotend and had a double check on it?
And have you read the following article about M201 clogging?
http://www.geeetech.com/forum/viewtopic ... 19&t=17616
Attach your slicer settings plz if possible.