Installing the E3D Hotend in a Makibox.

NOTE:- The images below were taken using an unassembled hot end – first assemble the hot end

according to E3d instructions found at http://wiki.e3d-online.com/wiki/E3D-v6_Documentation

START HERE IF YOU ARE UPGRADING AN EXISTING MAKIBOX, IF YOU ARE BUILDING A SUPER

MAKIBOX GO DOWN TO THE PART AFTER THE OLD HOTEND IS REMOVED

If you have an installed Makibox hot end start by removing it

Then complete the removal of the hot end by

1. Loosen the locking nut

2. Screw off the mounting plate

3. Remove the Filament Guide retaining nut and pull the filament guide off the hot end, then remove

the metal ferule from the end of the guide, it should just pull off.

START HERE IF YOU ARE BUILDING A SUPER MAKIBOX

The Unit will then look like this.

You can then take the new hot end and assemble it, the part that attaches to the printer is the

‘Bowden’ adaptor at the end of the heat sink shown below.

Note that this is just the heat sink for our

demonstration, you should assemble the whole hot end

BEFORE fitting as described at

http://wiki.e3d-online.com/wiki/E3D-

v6_Documentation

The two plastic plates that are included with the hot end are used to mount it to the makibox rails,

the pictures below show them from both sides.

First, slide the bottom plate onto the Bowden adaptor like this

Remember that your hot end should

be fully assembled at this point, we

are using the heat sink only for

demo.

The bottom bracket is then pushed up from underneath to clip onto the bottom set of rails as shown

above.

The top plate can then be slid along the other set of rails to trap the collar at the top of the hot end

securely.

Centre the two plates and screw together using the screws provided

Insert the filament guide and screw down the filament into the hot end, connect up the heater

element and the temperature sensor using the same connectors as the Makibox hot end, then you

are ready to go.

WIRING INSTREUCTIONS

Find the hot end connector cable

The original hot end connects to the flat connector with 6 pins, cut this off.

You will then have 3 connectors each attached to two wires.

The clear connectors attached to black and red wires are the power connectors, there are two to get

sufficient power to the heater.

Connect the power cables to the new heater element. Connect both red wires from the power

connectors to one of the blue wires from the heater and both black wires from the connectors to the

other blue wire. Ensure that the connections are good and that any bare metal is covered with

insulating tape. Plug the connectors into the board where it says HOT END.

Connect the thermistor from the hot end to the connector with green and black wires (black

to black, red to green) and connect to the board connector marked HE TH (Hot End

THermister)