Nick Stratton

3D printing has come a long way in recent years, and it’s only getting more advanced and widespread. In the coming year, there are a few trends in the world of 3D printing that are worth keeping an eye on. Here are the top five hottest 3D printing trends to look out for in the […]

The Future Of Hotends Hotends, the essential component of 3D printers that melts and extrudes plastic filament, have come a long way since their inception. And with advancements in technology, the future looks even brighter for these crucial tools in the world of 3D printing. Here’s what we can expect in the coming years. Improved […]

Hotend wire management is an important consideration for anyone looking to get the most out of their 3D printer. Poor wire management can lead to tangled wires, increased wear and tear on the components, and even safety issues. Fortunately, there is a simple solution to this problem: the 8-pin aircraft connector. The hotend wire management […]

Printed with the stock slicer settings for Ender 3 Pro with a J-Head Farmer hotend. There are many choices when it comes to Slicers for 3D Printing and one such we will look at today is Prusa Slicer. In testing the new J-Head™ Farmer hotend with various slicers on popular printers, I figured an Ender […]

Bringing a product (J-Head™) to market has got to be one of the hardest things a person can do. The J-Head™ Farmer Hotend is a great hotend. This little hotend design is packed with so many wonderful features! I cannot wait for the world to see it.This hotend allows you to deal with problems in […]

The Paper Test What Is It? It is a common method used to “level the bed” of most 3D Printers where you take a slip of paper and sweep it back and forth under your Hotend Nozzle while bringing it closer to the Print Bed until you feel the nozzle dragging on the paper. Once […]

3D Printer Hotend Nozzles The NEW J-Head™ Farmer says –Use All Your Standard Nozzles!! brass, hardened steel, carbide, ruby etc .2mm, .3mm, .4mm, .5mm, .6mm, .8mm, .9mm, 1mm A Hotend is the most important part of the 3D printer because it is what extrudes the filament after all. Your 3D Printer nozzle is directly responsible for the quality of […]

New Features: The new J-Head™ fan shrouds come with an Anti-Spin safety feature that stops the fan shroud from spinning around the finstack and touching the heater block. This opens the door for new possibilities — stay tuned… When the shroud clicks into place it locks in over the core tube setscrew – preventing spin. […]

Product Announcements Shouldn’t Be Boring I am excited to share some VERY big news. Meet The New J-Head™ Farmer — a hotend designed for Print Farms and YOU! Quick Swap Parts – Adjustable Length – Replaceable Nozzles – Seamless Core Tube – All-New Fan Shroud System – Stylish New Sock + much much more! You havn’t seen […]

Signups are now live at https://www.hotends.com/the-hotspot We want to highlight community members and what they are doing in 3D Printing with J-Head hotends. It has come to my attention that there is a painfully severe lack of content on hotends.com and it is time to remedy that but I don’t want to feature what we […]

We’ve added some new hotend step files to Hotends.com! Be sure to check out the new Downloads section, where you can find: DatasheetsSTEP files We’ve added a new 3D Viewer in several sections of the website.

Genuine J-Head™ hotends are proudly made in the USA. I am proud to manufacture Genuine J-Head™ hotends right here in Wisconsin – USA. From the customer service to the manufacturing shop floor, you know you’re getting quality American made parts at Hotends.com. Attention: Get American made quality at Hotends.com. Interest: American made quality is something we take […]

MRRF 2020 (Midwest Reprap Festival) is fast approaching but as COVID-19 (coronavirus) continues to spread we must cancel our attendance for the health and safety of our workers and do our part to help limiting the spread of this virus. We look forward to seeing you all each and every year at MRRF. See you […]

Hotends llc is currently moving into a new building. We do anticipate some delay in shipments because of this and apologize in advance. The new space will give us more room to manufacture your orders, quality check our parts and package shipments etc. We. thank you for your support of J-Head hotends and wish you […]

3D Printed Kururin custom-designed 3D Printed Kururin Japanese tumbling toy with craft foam tips. Layer Height:.1Nozzle Diameter:0.4Hotend:J-Head™ 12 HiFlow™Slicer:CuraSpeed:100mm/sPrinter:Custom coreXYScale:100%

GM328 Transistor-tester battery holder GM328 Transistor-tester battery holderhttps://www.thingiverse.com/make:587980Layer height:0.3Nozzle Diameter:0.4Hotend:J-Head™ 12 HiFlow™Slicer:CuraSpeed:100mm/sPrinter:Generic DeltaScale:100%

Pyramid with Continuous Cross-section Fractal Pyramid with Continuous Cross-sectionhttps://www.thingiverse.com/make:587553Layer height:0.2Nozzle Diameter:0.4Hotend:J-Head™ 12 HiFlow™Slicer:CuraSpeed:100mm/sPrinter:Generic DeltaScale:145%

We hope you had a great year! and the next is just around the corner. I can’t wait for you to see what we have in store for you here at Hotends.com. p.s. who knew the new J-Head™ 12 HiFlow™ would make such a great ornament! along with the cheerful red heater cartridge wire garland I […]

And Comparable Printers Who Use The Same Shroud We have designed a 3d printable mount to make the J-Head™ 12 HiFlow™ a drop in replacement for the stock hotend on CR-10 and comparable printers.If you would like one – just drop us a line with your purchase invoice number and we will include it with […]

Today the new J-Head™ 12 HiFlow™ hotend launched after much anticipation from some in the 3d printing community who knew of its coming. We have batches made up and ready to send out to a few members of the community who are known for doing product reviews so that there is some content for you […]

Is Your Hotend Leaking? 3D Printers, and their users, depend on a reliable hot end for quality prints. There are many ways a hot end can cause issues and endless tinkering. One of the most common issues 3D printer users experience is a hot end that leaks. This happens when melted filament leaks from the […]

J-Head™ has been a trusted name by experts for many years now. J-Head has been a trusted name by experts for many years now. With countless innovations attributed to the J-Head hotend and many more to come! We are very appreciative of you all, it is wonderful hearing all of the stories from everyone about their […]

New J-Head test print #17 ABS – 1.75mm – 235c – 100mm/s – .32 layer height