No matter what we set on the printer and whether we increase or decrease the temperatures, the printing starts off well and then my object comes apart.
Even the test print, i.e., the line that the printer always prints at the beginning to see whether the print will work or not, whether the line is nice and straight or whether the printer has completely messed up, is also a mess for us at the moment.
So even the “test line” shows that something is wrong.
We also have a special adhesive for the print bed because we wanted to improve adhesion…
My horse sculpture is finally finished and now I really wanted to print it… Fat chance!
And I always set the nozzle and print bed distance correctly. I put a sheet underneath and if it scratches slightly, I secure it…
But as soon as the printing starts, the nozzle is too far away from the print bed, despite securing it… I just don’t understand.
If you have had successful prints with similar settings and filament type I would you have a partially clogged nozzle or the nozzle is worn or damaged,
The printer has been recalibrated, and the Z-axis has also been set and saved.
What’s a bit puzzling is that when the printer prints the test line, it makes a grrrr noise during the movement. It’s as if it’s jammed… This is making me wonder.
Once you have it removed…shine a flashlight into that area & check that there is not a piece of filament broken & stuck in the gears. If there is, use tweezers & pull it out, if not put the lever & screw back in. Tighten the screw till snug..not tight..then back it out 1/2 a turn.
2nd: Set the hotend to 250* & if you haven to have some cleaning filament, use it…if not PLA will work.
I want you to purge around 500mm of filament through the nozzle. Some of the filament (PLA) will liquefy, but that alright.
Once the purge is done, let the nozzle cool to 100* & I want you to physically pull the filament out of the hotend…a cold pull.
Post pics of what the extruder gears look like & your cold pull…the end of the filament, like maybe the last 5".
But if you don’t have anything there, it’s usually a nozzle clog.
So if you have a partial clog doing the purge should clear it.
If not, you will have to replace the nozzle & maybe shoving an allen key down the heatbreak.
I don’t like doing that, but it’s really the only way to clear the heatbreak.
Go ahead & try the purge & post back what happens.
If it is clogged, the filament usually will shift sideways when leaving the nozzle.
by the end of the purge, hopefully it will just come straight down.
So one problem may already have been solved. The printing plate is completely slanted, left stop, the nozzle is facing the bed, on the right it is floating away from us, it is looking over and floating towards us too…
