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Fourth try on a print. Tried to add some adhesive to the bed to get it to stick better. Watched the first two layers and went to bed. Woke up to a printer on strike.

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[–] lud@lemm.ee 11 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

It might not be cheap (or maybe it is, I dunno) but replacement parts are available. https://eu.store.bambulab.com/en-se/collections/spare-parts-for-a1-series

There is also a chance that they can rescue it without replacing anything, but it will very likely be quite time consuming and they will have to be careful to not damage anything.

This also doesn't look too bad.

[–] bluewing@lemm.ee 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

These nozzles are cheap. And it shouldn't be very difficult fix this one if you have a heat gun. The hard part will be to get at the latch that holds the the nozzle assembly in the extruder. That's small, fiddly, and delicate part that there is a good chance of breaking.

So while you are ordering that spare heater assembly, ($20US) you might as well get a new nozzle too, ($10US).

You don't need any new parts to fix this, though, except maybe a new sock. You just heat up your hotend for a while and it'll pull off. If it's too thick, stick the hotend in the oven for a bit.

[–] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 6 points 4 days ago

I just had this happen on my X1C for the same reason and was able to get it off after heating up the hotend for a minute and wiggling it loose. Zero residual damage.