Upgrading to Volcano hotend
Greetings everyone.
Since I've been having problems with my V6 hotend while printing with flexibles, I decided to upgrade to a Volcano hotend on the cheap.
The problem is, merely switching hotends resulted in a hideous grinding of the nozzle onto the bed that I found was due to the increased heater block size (I thought the PIMDA probe would take car of that).
How I understand, a modified FW update should be applied to take the increased heater block size into account and I wish if someone could help me with that.
Does anyone have a pre-compiled firmware file that includes necessary changes?
If not, would you kindly point me to a dumb-proof guide on how to do it?
Additionally, would anyone recommend an improved hotend body I could print instead of the stock I got with my printer (with improved air circulation and such)?
Any and all help is welcome.
Thanks in advance.
RE: Upgrading to Volcano hotend
Just to clarify, I have the Volcano heater block and not the Super Volcano (different in size).
RE: Upgrading to Volcano hotend
Given the number of alternatives that are drop-in replacements, I wouldn't bother with the Volcano any more. 2 years ago, it made sense if you wanted greater hotend throughput. Given the availability of the Dragon and other direct V6 replacements now, and the issues you introduce with a longer, wobbly hotend, it's a lot of work for little gain. Simply replacing my nozzles with 3D Solex nozzles allows my V6 to process more filament than the stock Mk3 extruder can push. I work with a Volcano on my Artillery Sidewinder and it's more of an annoyance than benefit.
There are several firmware patches out there that will make the necessary modifications to Z height. You'll want to read up on compiling the Mk3 firmware if you decide to stick with it.