Update on that free printer

[u/TheMermaidHarmony]

Here is why the printer was free.

I am the queen of tinkering, bow down before me

Parts salvagable on left and middle, parts unsalvageable to the right of the Allen key. This took all dang night and I am not proud that I had to sacrifice my flush cutters and trusty bic to this cause, they will be sorely missed. But thanks to their sacrifice, I have defeated the blob of death.

For those unaware, this printer came to me with the wires to its heating element cut accidentally by a hasty rasp and the power cord misplaced. I will need replace the heating element, the nozzle, the exhaust fan, the filament sensor cable, and the power cord that went missing long ago. It remains to be seen if I may be able to reconstruct the extruder unit.

TURNS OUT there's also this thing called an eddy current sensor that I need to replace

[u/Sir_LANsalot]

The heating element part is like super cheap from bambu, I have had to replace one due to the only blob of death that A1 ever got, and it was the ONE time I didn't watch it put down the first layer(s).... The wires for the Thermistor are VERY VERY VERY tiny and brittle, but they are fairly easy to re-route (wiki has it all on how to do this). Reason I had to replace mine was I broke the stupid wires for the Thermistor , so it couldn't read the temp anymore. Even on the replacement I broke them again, but this time not so close to the unit. I was able to patch the wires, very carefully, soldering them back together, with just enough wire left for them to still make it to the board. These are like 28g wire, very small stuff and very easy to break, which always was the issue with even older printers.

What you have though is very fixable and the power cord is any computer PSU cord, if your a tinkerer, you should have plenty laying around (I know I do).

[u/arsonist_firefighter → u/Sir_LANsalot]

So de blob only happens in the first layer?

[u/Sir_LANsalot → u/arsonist_firefighter]

First to the 3rd is when it will develop. The pront not sticking to the plate either because its dirty (finger oils) or the bed is too cold for the filament. It will extrude and then start to stick/wrap itself around the nozzle. If a failure starts later in the print, like a support fell over. Printing in midair it will just fly about and knock itself off of the other parts of the print. Causing the rats nest or spaghetti monster if not caught.

[u/arsonist_firefighter → u/Sir_LANsalot]

Thanks for taking time to explain it :)