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Take motor wires and solder the same colors from wires with connector and use tape to protect the connection, this will apply to X, Y and E motors; connector wires motor wires black yellow green blue blue green...
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Take thermistor wires with connector and thermistor (heatbed, hotend), Solder it like before, and use tape to protect the connection; After soldering motors, endstops, thermistors You can connect them into RAMPS board;...
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Take endstop connector and place it; Thermistor connectors should go near endstop pins;...
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Take motor connector and connect it near drivers; Take flat screwdriver to loose power connector then connect power wires;...
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With the same screwdriver loose hotend connector then connect wires, after this operation tighten the screws;...
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j-HEAD HOTEND ASSEMBLY 1. All necessary parts: 2. Tight the nozzle to the holder (black color):...
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Insert a PTFE tube (white) till it get touching the nozzle, mark with a pen: 4. Take off the PTFE tube, cut it with a knife or cutter UNDER the mark just the “socket screw” thickness:...
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5. Insert and tight the “socket screw”:...
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6. Install the heater and thermistor on its holes. You can wrap the heater and thermistor with Kapton tape to fix it to the nozzle perfectly:...
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Using only hands, unscrew heater block; Now with screwdriver unscrew 3x M3 screws; You should have now separated parts: backup plate, lower plate, aluminum extension with peek isolator, cooper heatsink, PTFE tube and screws with washers;...
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Now unscrew budaschnozzle mount to separate spacers and upper plate; Prepare budaschnozzle mount, upper plate, PTFE tube (1.75mm or 3mm), cooper heatsink, Peek isolator with aluminum extension, 3 spacers and 3 screws with washers;...
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Adjust upper plate on budaschnozzle mount;...
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Turn part upside down, fit the screws into holes and assembly spacers;...
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Prepare cooper heatsink, aluminum extension with peek isolator, PTFE tube (1.75 mm or 3mm) and lower plate spacer;...
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Put PTFE tube into spacer, spacer should be on center;...
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Then assembly parts like on pictures above;...
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Put already assembled part into budaschnozzle mount, use backup aluminum plate, lower plate and 3 screws to assembly part;...
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Now use PTFE thread seal tape then screw on it heater block (use 2 to 4 layers);...
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Take one of two nozzle’s (0.4 mm or 0.5 mm) and screw it on;...
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Assembled part should look like on picture above;...
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Now prepare ceramic heater and EPCOS thermistor;...
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Unscrew headless screw from heater block;...
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Put ceramic heater into heater block and tighten the screw;...
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Put EPCOS thermistor into another hole inside heater block to it’s half;...
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