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A10m no hot end head when using single extrude
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2019 8:50 am
by PB253
Hi all so I've been using my a10m for single extruding and all is fine unless I want to use extruder 2 alone. If I use only extruder 1 everything works right. Bed heats, nozzle heats then prints but when I slice a model to use only extruder 2 the bed heats and then it starts trying to print. I have to pause the print and manually set the temp then it will print fine. I have made this work a couple time before but now I cannot replicate that action. I dont know if I'm missing something in the slicer of if by chance my board is bad. Its getting to the point where I'm losing interest in using that printer all together. I am using cura 3.6.0
Re: A10m no hot end head when using single extrude
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2019 10:14 am
by William
Could you try to test this gcode?
We need to refer to the result then give you the suggestions.
Re: A10m no hot end head when using single extrude
Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2019 2:48 am
by schlulou
Cura doesn't support this and they have no plans to do so.
Have a look at
this thread for a simple solution or the more complicated way
here (check attachments) which i haven't tried yet.
Re: A10m no hot end head when using single extrude
Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2019 6:01 am
by PB253
William wrote: ↑Fri Mar 22, 2019 10:14 am
Could you try to test this gcode?
We need to refer to the result then give you the suggestions.
Not sure how to test a gcode other than printing it. Can you give a little more detail? Keep in mind I'm still pretty new
Re: A10m no hot end head when using single extrude
Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2019 6:12 am
by PB253
schlulou wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2019 2:48 am
Cura doesn't support this and they have no plans to do so.
Have a look at
this thread for a simple solution or the more complicated way
here (check attachments) which i haven't tried yet.
I'm not trying to mix I want to use only extruder 2. I'm sure cura does support this because like I said I did manage to make this work a couple times before. The problem is I dont know what I did to make it work and I cannot replicate this action. I used all the exact same settings, temp ,layer height, speeds, ect. Made sure the model was selected to use extruder 2 and have tried it while extruder 1 was disabled but cura would not slice when I disable extruder 1
Re: A10m no hot end head when using single extrude
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2019 2:03 am
by PB253
vert wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2019 1:41 am
there is a workaround using standby temp to keep it heated when switching.
Yes I have been using that workaround. Looking for better
Re: A10m no hot end head when using single extrude
Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2019 8:01 am
by Mike_27
right click on extruder 1 and pick disable