So how hot, realistically, should the collar of the heatsink get on the v6? I ask, because I designed a new mount (the first iteration had "issues"-- issues which prevented my printer from producing actual solid objects), and since the printer was already loaded with PLA, and I expected to have to re-print after tweaking, I just hit "print". And got a perfect print that went together so nicely, I kind of accidentally assembled the print head, and installed it before it occurred to me this might be the wrong plastic. So right now, my E3D v6 is held in place with a bracket made from PLA. How doomed am I? :lol:
Seems to be holding up fine-- Which isn't that surprising, given the way the heatbreak works. By the way, if anyone is interested in a mount for the v6 on a Kossel Clear: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:392786 It's not fancy, but it seems to work well.
I'm happy with it, but there was a hole in the bottom that I overlooked-- and apparently my slicer silently fixed. :roll: I've uploaded a fixed version and removed the bad one.
At the top, the heatsink should not be more than a few degrees above room temperature because the fan effectively removes all the heat that makes it up through the heat break or onto the bottom fin by radiation.
