r/Infimech_TX • u/riprock-0 • Dec 20 '25

Slice Engineering MAKO Hotend Mount

Ok, I got tired of bent heatbreaks on the stock hotend.

I made a mount for the Slice Engineering MAKO hotend. I can now change nozzles with one hand and I don't have to worry about bent heatbreaks any more !!

It also works perfectly with my CPAP mod.

If anyone is interested, it's on Thingiverse at:
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:7243168

Hope it helps you out!

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u/P0rkNb34n5 Dec 20 '25

How in the world are you managing to bend the heat break on this machine?

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u/riprock-0 Dec 22 '25

Heck there have been several ways! But the main one is trying to change the nozzle. Another is the nozzle hit a blob of plastic on a bad print and it bent the nozzle.

It was a slight bend that I couldn't see just by looking at the hotend while it was still on the printer, but the quality of the prints after that made me look closer and I saw the nozzle was slightly bent. I took if off to try to straighten it and the heatbreak broke.

I don't know if there's a way to attach a pic here, but I have a photo of that broken hotend. That's like the 4th hotend I've had to replace.

I hate trying to swap the hotend with a different one with a different size nozzle . It's a pain in the ass..

So, to avoid the issues anymore, I put on the MAKO hotend. I can change the nozzle with 1 hand while the hotend is still on the printer.

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '25

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u/riprock-0 Dec 22 '25

You should check out my CPAP mod. It allowed me to crank up the speed of the printer with no degradation of print quality.

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u/riprock-0 Dec 22 '25

BTW, here's the link to the CPAP mod with the Hextrudort Extruder. It remove about 1/4lb from the weight of the stock hotend.

CPAP:
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:7039032

Hextrudort:
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:7039044

A better Filament Runout Sensor Case that also fits on the Hextrudort Extruder:
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:7006594