RostockMAX v2 Factory Improvements
We are often asked about updating the 2014 RostockMAX v2. While we discontinued v2 to v3 frame kits in 2018, there are a few factory parts improvements available which make a big difference in print quality.
Whenever possible, we would engineer new designs and parts to be reverse compatible with earlier generations. The links below take you to the products on our website. Be sure to read and review product descriptions for other links and instructions.
Linear Motion
Originally, we had a universal joint design. While pretty good back then, the universal joint design is not very good by todays standard. A new ball joint design was in the works by the end of 2014. The new ball cup design significantly improved print quality and eliminated nearly all maintenance.
- Ball Cup Arms
- Platform (If you are updating to the HE280 probing hotend, then you do not need this component. See the next section of this post.
- Carriages
Hotend
Originally the RostockMAX v2 shipped with a our original hotend design called the "Bowden Hotend". Around the time we worked on ball joints, we also worked on the new HE280 hotend design around the same time we made ball joint arms.
- Bowden Hotend (click name for whole kit)
- nozzles
- heater block
- heating resistors (2 required)
- thermistor
- peek insulator
- top flange & nut mount
- 25mm fan
- platform (compatible with bowden hotend or HE hotend)
- HE280 Hotend (click name for whole product)
- nozzles
- heater block
- heater 40W
- thermistor cartridge
- heat sink
- 38mm PTFE tube
- 25mm fan
- fan shroud for 25mm fan
- PTC adapter or Y-splitter (single or dual filament feed)
- SE300 platform
- plastic ball joints
- plastic springs for ball joint arms
- Firmware Update Required
