Printer setup, failed prints, calibration, materials and projects that turn settings into visible results.
Troubleshoot from symptoms to settings. Printer model, material, temperatures and a photo of the failure usually matter more than a guess at the cause.
A spool of PETG that used to print cleanly has started stringing more. It has been sitting on the printer for a while and I can hear the occasional tiny pop during extrusion. My first instinct is to dry the spool before...
I'm printing an L-shaped bracket that will hold a light shelf, not a decorative model. The first version looks lovely but cracked along a layer line when I tested it by hand. I'm using PETG with four perimeters and moder...
I have a 220 mm tall, fairly narrow part that looks clean for the first two thirds, then the walls start showing obvious ringing/ghosting near the top. The same printer/settings produce clean shorter parts. Belts feel pr...
On my printer, circular holes are consistently undersized even when the outside dimensions of the part are close. For example, a 6 mm modeled hole ends up around 5.6–5.7 mm depending on orientation. I can compensate in C...
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