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If your 3D Printer has started to print badly, it’s probably an easy fix! In this video I’ll show you 10 things to check if your 3D Prints start sucking.
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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Intro
1:18 Badly levelled bed
3:01 Dirty print surface
4:25 Ender 3 Pro for $99 with Microcenter
5:38 Worn motion components
7:22 Cooked (burnt) PTFE
9:27 Dead heat break fan
11:18 Worn feeder gear
12:24 Clogged nozzle
13:22 Blown out (abraded) nozzle
14:42 Moisture damaged filament
16:32 Burnt connectors and intermittent wire faults
18:17 (lack of) thermal runaway protection
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I guess my build plate was dirty. Thanks bro your a legend!
Ptfe hotend was the bane of my existence. I switched my ender 5 to an all metal hot end by creality. But had a bad thermistor after 10 hours of printing. Couldnt replace because it was an all in one system. So i upgraded to a mosquito and havnt had trouble since
My ender 5 s1 is still new and it clogs and the silicone sleeve fills up with filament.
Glow pla very abrasive
Put a dab of greas on that bearing for that tony fan lol
Check your nozzles at least every 2 or 3 days of continuous use, even the hardened steel ones wear down fast… doing this will help a lot ofmissues and keep those from starting even putt8ng on new silicone boots when they tear apart.
Four years in my Ender 3 is still fantastic. And I don't clean it much, or keep the PLA I use dry
Hi Angus, great video. My Bambu X1c just crapped out on me (heated sensor cable needs to be replaced). While trying to replace the cable I may have caused some damage to the plastic plug housing of the cable. I may or may not be able to get my X1C back into operable condition but we'll see. Anyway, can you do a video on the difficulty level of the repairs of various 3D printers which should be a major consideration for those getting into the hobby. I have used my 3D printer for a couple of years now and have done some repairs but the X1C seems to be very difficult to work on. (I already totaled a Bambu AMS when trying to repair and now my X1C may be ny latest blunder in my attempt to repair. It may be the best printer out there but if you can't get it fixed on your own you question whether to purchase another based on its level of difficulty to repair.
i just bought a brand new enderv3 and after a couple prints the display screen says: (communication with toolhead MCU is abnormal) or error key 2000) mid print. PLS HELP!
If you use Micro SD cards to run your projects instead of a direct, wifi, bluetooth…don't rule out that low transfer speeds on a cheep SD cards may cause all kinds of issues that look like mechanical problems, like under extrusion for one.
Dude my ankermake m5c has been ruining prints on the first layer for about a week now. The problems start at the same locations across all 3d prints. When i loked closer, i noticed oil and dirt in those exact places. I'm gonna clean the bed when i wake up tomorrow and I'll update you guys.
Hi, what causes the print nozzle to drag across the surface of the bed? I'm a newb. Also what layer heights should I be using?.. I have a Anycubic Kobra 2 Plus.
This is such a helpful video I can’t thank you enough was going to buy a brand new printer
I'm having issues. I ran out of filament and installed a new roll and when I hit resume when it started to print it wasn't lined up. I know I did not touch the bed.
Live in alberta 0% humidity 365 a year no worrys for me😂
Live in alberta 0% humidity 365 a year no worrys for me😂
Layman's question here: when you say "cheap dehydrator" it's specific for filaments or a food dehydrator that's used for filaments?
Cheers!
Had 2 printers and both left a bad taste in my mouth, the tech of FDM just sucks. If I get another will go resin. I like FDM to ink jet printer you are always having to fix something.
Greetings from the Netherlands.
Xt 60 amp.
Just remove that .
And solder it directly.
Your not charging batteries.
And the xt 60 amp wil not heat up.
Because its not there.
Its stupid to not put your p.l.a. back in the paper box it game whit.
Why wel paper wil take water first.
Before the p.l.a. sucks up the water 😮yeah.
Carton box.
Just put in there.
And your p.l.a.
Stays save.
No need fore filliment dryer.
So how do you level the tray and nozzle??
I'm literally brand new to 3D printing and the test boat model doesn't flatten at the bottom but will stay printing fine until it gets to the top of the roof ☹️
Weird stuff happens… when I moved my printer to a different room, I had to recalibrate every other day… after a week or two I walked in on my cat sitting on the heat bed, enjoying the heat, playing with the filament. I now know why he enjoyed sitting next to me while I tinker on it… my printer became… one of his things. I bet in his mind he was quite happy I spend so much time on 'his' stuff. Needless to say, I'm working on an enclosure. So yea… stuff happens to your printer you might not be aware off.
😊does anybody know why my ender 3 V2 is making a loud beeping sound throughout print 😊
Thank you for this video! My ender 3 fan has been making that noise for quite some time now and I have been debating on replacing it just for a quietness sake, I am glad that I watched this because now I know that its a necessity!
Hair style change at 4:25 was a bit jarring 😂
Thank you for this video! It helped me immensely already. My wife got me an Entina Tina2 printer bundle after I looked it up, and after half joking about me learning to 3D print things to join her selling at craft shows (she crochets, AKA 3D prints with yarn), she said "that's it, we're getting it" and purchased it.
It's done fun little things and I learned through some misprints and growing pains, but I am glad you brought up the fan on the heatbreak. My fan is making that noise right now, and I've also been having trouble with builds not sticking to the build plate. Admittedly, the surface of it is covered in what feels like the back of some masking tape. I also kept forgetting it was a magnetic attachment and was probably unleveling my bed by yoinking or scraping prints from the bed.
This information is critical for veterans and novices alike. Thanks so much!
I had a clogged nozzle one time but What’s funny my current issue was I updated the software and it lowered the temperature changed my settings. I’m not sure why updated always kept my settings before.
Thanks!!! new to 3D printing!!! was a gift from my boys!!! 2nd and 5th prints in the back part of the Owl glasses holder turned out really stringy and some of the layers didn't adhere well!!! MakerMark M5C!!! New sub!!!
First layer perfect, following layers get worse and then perfect again … see perimeters bulging out and then going perfect again … im at the end of my ender tweaking career i guess …
Can’t get mine to stick and it’s brand new. I have a new 3d printer and can’t figure out how to use it. I’m sick of messing with it.
I had my Anycubic kobra max for 1.5 weks and it suddenly just started to suck
i mean, absolutely _massive- layer shifts, staircase shifts etc.
0:09 Forgot to praise ommnisiah and light the sacred oils
Also great video!
MY PTFE WAS COOKED WOW! THANK YOU
You didn't however mention the 3d printer demons…….. They lurk in every printer on the market…..
OMG TYSM i was watching ur vid when u talked about fans and I just doubled checked it and thought the fan is still going but its actually died OMG tysm
I can't even print a stinking washer. Basically a solid shim or spacer to fit on the back of a paintball marker.
Starting to regret this purchase big time.
Usually I just get a new printer
Great video thank alot man. Extremely underrated.
Thank you for your knowledge and great presentation skills. Your video helped sort ('help sort'!? It was ALL you, I just followed your advice), so I'm enormously grateful.
Great video, thank you for sharing all this.