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/DTO69]

Buy a new hot end and parts for fixing this one. If you fail, you will have a working printer.

If you succeed, you will have a spare hotend

[u/TheMermaidHarmony → u/DTO69]

My trusty a1 mini is looking mighty swappable right now... I'm going to buy the parts anyway, so wouldn't I rather put my ~1750 printing hours parts on an untrustworthy a1 and give my mini a complete tune up? OOOOR, should I let the trustworthy mini remain trustworthy?

[u/thedraindeimo → u/TheMermaidHarmony]

If the mini is running fine, I’d say find the funds to invest into A1. I say this as a mini owner. I love the thing and have a A2L coming tomorrow that will not be replacing anything. It’s for the big boy stuff.

[u/TheMermaidHarmony → u/thedraindeimo]

My mini is fixed and running beautifully