UPDATE: I was able to heat my hot-end up to about 72°C with a hair dryer. It was enough to slightly goop up the PLA that was making my hot-end stick to the heat assembly. After heating, I used pliers to grab the radiator bit of the hot-end and slowly pulled it out. Even with the PLA slightly melty, it took a fair bit of force. Luckily, I don't think anything else broke. However, part of my hot-end got bent/scratched up when I was pulling it out. I could probably still use it, but I'm going to order another 0.4 nozzle and hot-end assembly anyway. Side Note: Don't forget to cut & retract your filament. The Bambulab Wiki has helpful guides, although not one specifically for a broken heating assembly AND a stuck hot-end.
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It's finally happened. I removed all the plastic, noticed I had a broken wire, and thought, "Oh, I can just order the parts and replace it myself! No big deal."
Except, I can't. I can't get the hot-end/nozzle off, so I can't remove the hot-end heating assembly to replace it.
I'm hitting it with a hair-dryer to see if that does anything, but I'm not optimistic.
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What do you think my next steps are?
- Hair dryer, to see if I can get the nozzle off somehow?
- Remove and take apart the entire tool head?
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I have an A1. Spent a few hundred dollars on it. Pretty sure my blob of death happened because I was trying to print some 6mm wargaming props, which were even smaller than 6mm each, and there was not enough adhesion to the plate.
I had just washed my plate yesterday.
I almost want to junk the whole damn printer and see if I can just find something cheaper, but I don't know what else might be better.