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Daily Archives: July 6, 2010
Granular HDPE Extruder V3 – Success.
After my previous failings at using using solder to cap an extruder barrels open end I have now turned to brazing. The solder method may have worked but it turns out I don’t have any high temperature solder and it was just … Continue reading
Posted in DIY Granular extruding
Tagged auger, brazing, extruder, granular extruder, HDPE, reprap, silver solder
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Granular extruder, good news and bad.
I did some testing this afternoon on the granular extruder I recently put together. Things didnt go so well.. It turns out that the ‘high temperature’ solder I used to seal the end wasn’t up to the task. I first tried to … Continue reading
