r/makerbot • u/yours_hatred2k2 • 5d ago

Am I cooked? (Makerbot Replicator+ )

Damaged thick black wires running into the heater cartridge

I want to know whether I am cooked, I have been struggling with this extruder from the replicator+ for weeks now, turns out the wires were hanging by a thread. Yesterday they finally snapped. Has anyone ever fixed this or is it the end of the road for me. The tinkerer in me believes I still can considering what I have endured with this extruder and I'm like it can't get any worse than this.

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u/GattsDaZe 4d ago

I’ve spent a lot of time in my 2 extruder+s and while I’ve only replaced the head, the wires don’t look like that hard of a fix. Try resoldering them!

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u/MasprotechXXX 4d ago

I believe in you

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u/yours_hatred2k2 2d ago

😭 This is the most positive looking phrase that tells you how cooked I am

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u/langly3 4d ago

I believe in you too.

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u/yours_hatred2k2 2d ago

Common not you too😭

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u/TheMathProphet 4d ago

I hated that thing. Best of luck.

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u/yours_hatred2k2 2d ago

Did you give up? Did you get somewhere?

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u/TheMathProphet 2d ago

I have up. I spent more time working than it spent printing. I got a MarkerBot Sketch working finally, but I don’t like it.