r/3DprintingHelp

So, I need help because this issue has been getting worse and worse, and its either im the problem, or my printer is the problem, and trust me, I tried everything, I changed the Z-Offset, changed my filament, cleaned my nozzle, atp, I willing to take any help

Hi. I have noticed some errors where few particular layers would get shifted or reduced in dimension in the slicer before pushed to the printer. I noticed this first with some particular parts when printed in Bambulab H2S. But now, I'm starting to notice this in Bambulab A1 as well. I'm using Bambu studio for slicing and importing the models as step files. This step is not present in the CAD model, only happens on the slicer side. This doesn't happen with every part I print, but does happen in some parts time to time. Is this a slicer issue or something to do with step files as I'm using step files everytime and this happens very rarely. I'm using Esun pla+ for the print and print settings are the default ones in Bambu studio 0.2mm layer height and 15% infill. Any ideas on why this happens?

I got this esun pla and the cardboard spool didn't fit in my AMS. So I printed a spool and re-spooled it onto the printed spool. It was doing okay for the first quarter of the spool (which is the re-spooled spool so it's the last quarter of the original spool) but then I found that the filament was broken into chunks that were between 30 centimeters and 3 meters long.

I suspect that my re-spooler was terrible, but I don't want to gaslight myself into thinking that it was my fault when it might have been just a bad product(keep in mind, I'm happy to know if it was my fault. Then it's a lesson and that's more valuable). Does anyone have any insight?

EDIT.. Thanks for all your insights. I am absolutely gathering that's moisture, but it's very interesting because most of my filament is matter3D and this is my only esun and it all lives in the same environment and this is the only time I've seen this issue. Granted this is the only pla ive re-spooled.

Specs: Creality K1 Max 4 months old
Printing with Elegoo rapid pla
200-210 temp

My wife got me this printer for Christmas. I was initially impressed with it. I decided to start up a print remotely while at work through the app and came home to the dredded blob of death. Lesson learned and I replaced the hot end with one I found on Amazon. Was still having issues with it after that. When printing I would hear the clicking of gears and with a bit of research, figured the extruder gears (plastic) were fried. Thought it probably happened with the blob of death, so I ordered metal replacement gears as an upgrade. It fired off some gorgeous prints after that, but now I am getting nowhere. It’s like the layers are not sticking together. I cleared a clog in the nozzle but it didn’t seem to help. Pulled the head apart and everything seems to be good. No clogs, no wearing of the extruder gears. But the thing just will not properly print. My current guesses are that the hot end was not compatible with the K1 or the metal gears are not compatible. I still have the original plastic gears (they were undamaged). I have tried drying my filament and using different brands. It doesn’t matter. All of my prints from this thing end up like the picture. Ok brain trust. What do you think is going on?

I am getting this kind of error every time i print, on the edges of all my prints, it does not complete them, even the one that i marked as good, is not actually good and is not flat enough to connecting to the other half, can anyone help me on how to fix it? do i need to make the print slower? or increase the infill? the density any suggestion? so i can stop wasting PLA, thanks and I am using this printer
Creality Ender 3 V3 SE 3D Printer, 250mm/s Faster Print Speed CR Touch Auto Leveling Sprite Direct Extruder Dual Z-Axis Auto Filament Loading Ender 3 Upgrade 3D Printer Print Size 8.66x8.66x9.84 inch

So here is some context, I've been having lots of issues with my printer and I thought I was doing something wrong, but I wasn't, my extruder module was not gripping the filament properly, so It would just spin without gripping, well, cool right, I was just gonna replace it, but WRONG, Not only did they HOT GLUE the freaking module in there, THEY HOT GLUED ALL WIRED TO THE FREAKING BOARD, oh and thats not all, they straight up left screws out. So now im stuck here trying to figure out what to do, and I tried to reach out to their customer service but, they refuse to reply to me, or help me at all, so please, if you have any solutions that would allow me to fix this without breaking anything, it would be really nice

Hi all,

I have an Flash forge AD5X and have some 700 hours printed on it. Got stuck many times but never to this level.

Looking for some advice, how to remove the PLA stuck in between the feed tube and the head?

I removed the the side screw as well, still can't push or pull it out.

Any advice?

Recently my printer A1 started having issue when I wanted to use the 0.2mm nozzle where the nozzle prints into the build plate and when using the textured PEI plate, you can hear it scrape on the surface. But when I tried the 0.4mm nozzle, everything was working perfectly with no issues.

I tried 2 0.2mm nozzles, and both did the same thing, they have no damanga and no clogs, on of them is even brand new.

I tried different plates, places to print, scnead the everything, did multiple calibrations, chceck the heater screws, checked the extruder, trammed the bed and it still print too low and only with the 0.2mm nozzle. And yes, I made sure the nozzle is properly seated as I do every time.

Using Z offset only works with Texured plate and I use that one the least so that is off the table for me.

I printed some stuff without issues yesterday, but the overnight print turned out horrible. Any ideas?

3DHojor PLA Basic
Sovol Sv06 plus
PEI Plate
Bed Temp 55°C
Print Temp 220°C
Layer Height 0.2mm
Orca Slicer
Print speeds in last screenshot

P1S, PETG, when printing on 100% infill prints come out like this. How to fix this issue?

(EDIT) This issue affects every print not only 100% infill.

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I got an Easy Threed K10 and this keeps happening with my prints. I know it’s a super cheap printer but I don’t understand why it keeps doing this. (I apologize for the shape of the plate. Because of the shifting and material of the plate it’s a pain to get cleaned off.)

Hi guys,

I’m new to 3D printing and currently printing with PLA/PETG. I printed this bag using gradient PLA and want to smooth out the layer lines without losing the color effect.

Most methods I found involve sanding, filler/resin, primer, and painting, which gives great results, but way too much work and painting defeats the purpose of the gradient filament.

Is there any simpler method? Maybe just sanding + clear resin/coating or something similar to get a cleaner/smoother finish without filler or primer? I’m not looking for perfect results, just a noticeable improvement.

I already tried a PLA smoothing solution from AliExpress and it didn’t work well. Heat also just caused bubbling instead of smoothing.

I am new to 3d printing and am trying to print just a container lid, but on one end a centimeter of the lid is printing as a bridge separate from the rest of the lid. It is connected but looks terrible lol..because it's a bridge instead of normal printing. I have no idea how to fix it. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I'm printing on Snapmaker U1with Polymaker PETG, although the filament shouldn't matter. I made the .stl into a .step file in FreeCAD, then imported into Shapr3d to add logo, using Snapmaker Orca slicer. Lid looks completely fine in prepare tab but when I slice it the bridge shows. This is my 2nd attempt to print it. Tried repairing the file with the windows repair tool and simplifying the print to better quality but nothing changes

Thanks