I got myself a tungsten nozzle, thinking it would last forever…

Today I tried to clean it with a needle (learning after about many suggestions not to do so) and the needle snapped inside the nozzle, quickly fusing to the clog…

I’ve tried blasting it with a kitchen torch, without success at loosening this thing. Any tips?

Thanks!

  • nyan@lemmy.cafeEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Heat gun. One of more powerful ones used for stripping paint, not the cruddy ones for heatshrinking. You need to get the nozzle hot enough to soften that clog to have any chance at all of clearing it, which means you’re going to have to get it up to the kind of temperature you’d be printing at. Put the nozzle in a vise while you’re doing this, so that you don’t touch it and burn yourself, or drop it and set something on fire.

    I have a sneaking suspicion you’re going to have to chalk this one up to “lessons learned” and get a new nozzle, though.

  • PixelPlumber@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    I got it after lots of fussing with it.

    Got a cheap $10 hot air gun, propped it sitting up.

    Grabbed the tiny bit of needle I could reach with a pair of tweezers that fit, grabbed the tweezers with a pair of pliers to not burn myself

    Grabbed the other end of the nozzle with another pair of pliers, held it up to the hot air gun like I was roasting it and just kept a light but constant pressure.

    Nothing else I tried worked, I have no idea why it was so stuck on there. But thanks all for helping push me to the hot air gun