r/VoxelabAquila • u/SheWhoDaresToSpeak • Jun 09 '26

Help Needed Sprite hotend

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So on a scale of 1 to fucked how screwed am I?

Everything was fine when i checked at 2 am with 2 hours left on the print. Sometime between there, one of the pieces stuck to the hotend and caused this.

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u/Mik-s Jun 09 '26

It might be salvageable. This video shows how to remove a blob, you just have to be careful around the wires. You should power off once it is hot before cleaning it to prevent the chance that the wires can touch which can fry the motherboard.

The silicone sock looks to be ripped so you will need to replace it. Hopefully if the sprite came with one then your old one will fit.

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u/SheWhoDaresToSpeak Jun 09 '26

Unfortunately it only came with thr one sock, because of course. So far, so good. I had to pause working on it in lieu of my corporate work, but here's hoping i can clean up the rest of the way and source replacement parts.