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I see. I probably should have been more specific, sorry. If you do try torching the parts, be very careful with the heater block. They are usually aluminum, and can melt much more easily than the steel and brass parts.

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Prunebutt@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Nah, don’t worry about it. You used the correct term, which happens to have an amiguous name (you’d translate the German term to “thread-cutting drill”).

Thanks for the heads up. Is it very unadvisable to leave the PLA in the threading if nozzle and heatbreak have proper contact?

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- Fenderfreek@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  I think if you can ensure they all thread together without a problem, it doesn’t need to be perfectly clean, but I suspect that will be difficult if there is melted filament in the threads at all
  
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  - Prunebutt@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    The new heating block is in transit. I’ll do some checks.
    
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