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Better Print Cooling
Nickstats
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Hello all, I was wondering if someone could help me with a problem I am having. I recently purchased the JG Maker Magic and am finding that so far the biggest issue is its inability to properly cool my prints. I am curious to know if anyone has changed or mounted an additional fan for cooling. If so, would you be so kind as to help me. Thanks
(Here's an example) https://imgur.com/a/d8muZCN
(Here's an example) https://imgur.com/a/d8muZCN
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I ended up combining different prints intended for different printers into a front mounted 40mm fan and long duct that is now the main cooling - the existing rear cooling is supplimentary and now powers a 3 direction duct - so I now have 4 direction cooling
I think you will find it is an interesting/frustrating process of trial and error cobbling something together that fits, and blows on the part, and not on the hot end/nozzle
If you have room on your printer, I'd go with a radial fan, as they are far more efficient than axial fans - and you can then use a "scorpion" style fan duct - if I had the room to fit it, I'd have gone with something like this:
Samuel - I was printing at 50 mm/s, with my outer layers printing at 35 mm/s. The fan duct is the original one that came with the printer. From what I can see, it just blows air in the general direction of the print.
Stephen - Thanks for the suggestion. However, the Jgmaker Magic has a circuit board on the hotend that the components connect to. It also has the X switch on it. Therefore, I cannot remove it without having to do some serious re-engineering. I am not very good with modeling software, so im not too sure how i could redesign a part like you suggested in order to suit my needs.
(Here are some pictures of the whole assembly) https://imgur.com/a/t7ZOIjG
I did not design anything myself - just printed out various part cooling stuff from thingiverse and mixed and matched parts into something that I could mount on the printer and get to blow on the part
I ended up with something similar to this - but with more linkage parts to get it to position correctly
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2906205
One of these days I'll figure something out for the 5015, but I usually use ABS, and don't need as much cooling.
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