u/Tizzandor

okay

i still have issues with this thing. i thought I fixed it when it printed a full benchy and it got put in storage. now i wanted to produce a lot of a certain thing, so i started again. halfway through the first layer of a 15x15cm square first layer it once again stopped extruding and also didn't pull in any new filament. when i pulled the filament out it looked like this, getting thicker down the way towards the tip, for about the last 3 cm of length.

is this an indicator of heat creep? i have ordered the capricorn xs tube, like suggested by a user here, but it hasn't arrived yet.

and if it is heat creep, what else can i do to prevent it except checking the fan and changing the tube?