I know there's a giant thread on this already, but I figured I'd put this here so it doesn't get lost in that mountain of information. When the thermistor went bad in my original Vb3 I just went ahead and built the V6 kit I had on hand and replaced it. It seems that everyone is using a printed mount for these things, but I was wondering why not just use the minimal configuration from the original kit as seen below? I kind of like being able to see the extruder gear turning and also having less mass on the print head, plus it is very easy to remove the hot end if needed without having to unscrew anything. Was there a problem that the printed fan mount was used to solve? Granted there's no second fan to blow on the extrusion point here, but I never use PLA and can't think of any other scenario where I'd need that fan. I'd really rather just not be hauling it around if it never gets used.
The other thing I read about on this forum was the need to change out a temp table in the firmware. Since the thermistor was correctly reading ambient temperature as verified by the temp readout I have built into my chamber, I just went ahead and used it as-is. I don't have a way to verify the operating temps though, but it seems to print just like my former Vb3 did. Are there just slightly different temperature curves for the various thermistors, with the differences only showing up at the higher temp range?
It really just seems like the V6 is plug-and-play, working right out of the box without changing anything other than the Z-stop. I'm using the same print settings I was using on the Vb3 and getting the same results.
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