Creality CR-10

I have found that over time, material builds up on the inside of my nozzle causing a kind of clogging I cannot resolve. It can't even be called a clog really, the passage is actually clear. The problem appears to be that the material cannot heat up properly inside the nozzle because the walls are lined with goo. This means that while the printer can extrude, it requires far too much force to do so (extruder skips etc).

Keep in mind this particular E3D V6 nozzle has only ever printed PLA, though the goo is most likely comprised of dust and other foreign particles.

So far I have found no way to clean this out. Things that have failed:

• Simply printing. This is not something that goes away after passing enough filament through.
• Burn it out. No temperature seems to make a difference.
• Cleaning filament. I've run prodigal amounts of it throughout the entire temperature range to no avail.
• Cold pulls. They work great for most clogs but this goo does not bond at all. I must've done dozens of them and they all come out squeaky-clean, with the nice little shape at the end to prove they went all the way into the nozzle, but the goo is still there. Tried with both PLA and cleaning filament.
• Acetone.
• Heat gun.
• Needles and wires. The nozzle hole is clear, they can pass right through.
• Tweezers and such. Just can't get a grip on it. Any attempt of forcefully getting a grip on it (i.e. scraping it off) would destroy the nozzle.

So basically this slowly degrades the performance of my nozzles over time (with the usual number of "normal" clogs along the way) until the nozzle becomes useless. At that point I have to throw it away and start the cycle over with a new nozzle. If anyone knows what can be done about this, I'm all ears.

Here are some close-ups of a bad nozzle and a brand new one for comparison. Although you can't see it in these pictures the hole of the bad nozzle is actually clear, I can see through it with the naked eye and fit 0.4mm needles through.

Hi All
After a 42 hour print, I have noticed the bearing around the printer had been quite degraded. Does it affect the print in the future? If so, how can I fix it?

Hi,
can you use a NTC 3950 100k 1% thermistor without firmware changes on the cr 10?
Simon:)

Hi,
Can I use this thermistor on my cr 10 without firmware changes?
Simon:)
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Please comment and help :)
Simon

Hi,
Can I use this thermistor on my cr 10 without firmware changes?
Simon:)

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