The extruder came with a thermocoupler instead of a thermistor which is fine if my board was setup for a thermocoupler which it isn't, it would need a amplifier board... so another $18 but since it would have to come on a slow boat from china and would be here sometime in April I think I will use one of the thermistors that are coming on Tuesday, they are rated for 260c and ABS filament prints and 215c-230c so I should be fine and will do the whole thermocouple thing later.
The head also comes with the fan adapter which was printed out on a 3d printer, it is really cool and will eventually be redesigned and reprinted, the made the hole to small so it blocks half the fan blades at the top, I will do something a little better designed but there are more important parts to print out first like the ones to hold everything together.
My friend Chris brought me my other two boards today and Heather (my darling wife) helped me attach the bottom boards (had to have the board split to get them in place) so it is ready for the circuit, power supply etc.there is enough room in that thing that I was thinking about making part of it a storage area for parts, commonly used filament etc.just throw in some moisture absorber pellets to keep the humidity down, dunno just thinking out loud.
I have to give my friend Chris a major shout out, he has supplied the wood for my project, he has offered input, construction advise, has been a sounding board, he doesn't roll his eyes when I drone on about 3d printers, RC planes, or quadcopters, and has all in all been an absolutely awesome friend in general.
Thanks Chris for everything.
More to come tomorrow.
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