Unanswered Questions
66 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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ABS prints consistently splitting in the same place
I am printing ABS in an enclosure and most of the prints have worked out well with minor tweaking. However, the top layer always seems to split or skip a step (not sure which).
The cube is sliced in ...
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Can't get rid of horizontal layer lines?
I have an Ender 3 V1 3D printer. When I first got the printer and assembled it, I was able to get very good prints. My post is specifically about horizontal layer lines, and initially with my printer, ...
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Inconsistent layer stacking
I'm throwing this out that as a long shot, as I'm not sure if anyone can help me, but maybe there's someone out there who had a similar issue and might have successfully dealt with this before.
I'm ...
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What is this "rough" line going vertically up the side of a print called?
I've got this rough line going right up the center of some of my prints:
Can anyone be kind enough to tell me what this is called? How does one fix it?
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The nozzle keeps clogging, midway through the print while printing with PETG filament
I've recently purchased Creality Ender 3 V2. When I print PLA, I face no issue at all but while printing PETG, the nozzle keeps clogging after the second or third layer. I even tried printing PETG by ...
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Weird wall patterns on Ender 3 Pro
I have an Ender 3 Pro with a 3D printed direct drive extruder on it. After switching to the direct drive, I noticed weird lines and patterns forming. I've tried everything imaginable, besides it ...
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Wouldn't a higher flowrate for 2nd outer wall increase the print quality?
I mostly print mechanical parts and thus need dimensional accuracy.
When calibrating my printer I stumbled over the fact, that some people calibrate flowrate with single wall prints which would give ...
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Lightweight-PLA (LW-PLA)
I have been trying to print lightweight PLA for a project. I settled on an RC airplane model found online.
My initial prints were very problematic, so, I looked up other people's printing settings and ...
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What's the most likely source of this warpage?
I've asked about this first printing project of mine before, and made progress in exposure, orientation, and supports. But as the photo shows, something is still causing the objects to warp (badly) ...
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Gyroid infill affects outer walls
I was printing test cubes to adjust my extrusion ratio, and had ugly walls. I noticed that the pattern on the walls was always the same, and disappeared if I chose 0 % infill (gyroid from PrusaSlicer)....
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Prusa MK3S Nylon&ABS print failures
I'm using Prusa i3 MK3S and every time I want to create a durable, impact resistant part, I use ABS/Nylon. The problem is, however, that when I print something small (of less than 1 cm width for ...
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Small filament globules/bubbles in print using Ultimaker 3 extended
Lately, I've been having a problem with the surface of my prints. As shown in following picture:
Printing material is PLA. I've changed the print core (this is the terminology, Ultimaker uses for ...
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Gaps in print bed
I get these weird gaps inside my model, I know there are some other issues with this print.
I would say this is the one that troubles me the most; I will also say that I have thin walls in this model ...
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Why are printed holes skewed diagonally?
My printer started off as an Anet A6. I've switched it to an aluminum extrusion frame, installed a BLTouch, switched everything to 24 V, gave it an ARM controller, etc. Printing runs over Octoprint. ...
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Does UV light from fluorescent neon tubes affect resin prints?
I recently replaced one of the fluorescent neon tubes in my garage and noticed a sticker on the packageing saying the neon tube in question was only giving off low amounts of UV light. I wasn't even ...
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