trying to print something, for some reason, it wont extrude anything during the print. when it does the calibration line on the side, itll do a small dimple, but then just nothing would come out for the rest of the time, even though the extruders turning. once i stop the print, it leaves a dimple of filament, and then stops, which tells me that its probably not an extruder issue, so what is it?
#printer tube before nozzle has a clog?
rigid plover
hotend is clogged
rigid plover
google "cold pull", it should work
after that make sure that your bowden tube is cut under 90 degree, inserted all the way in and secured in place
oblique hare
after that make sure that your bowden tube is cut under 90 degree, inserted all ...
turns out the nozzles fine, its the thing before it that might be clogged
everythings fine, but when I try to extrude the pla, it won't come out, so I take apart the nozzle and push the pla out, and it ends up like that, and did that multiple times
or i mean it could be the nozzle, because when I push it in and out w/o the nozzle nothing happens
yeah not the nozzles fault, did it w a new nozzle and same thing
printer tube before nozzle has a clog?
rigid plover
oblique hare
hm?
rigid plover
your tube is not all the way in
remove clog and all filament, tighten in the nozzle properly when it's hot
then push the tube all the way in
oblique hare
is that all?
rigid plover
when it's removed, you press on plastic thing, and it should release the tube
if it's not of terrible quality
don't forget to put it back on after inserting your tube, or it will wiggle away again
hm
other possible problem is that your nozzle is not touching the heatbreak
oblique hare
how would that happen?
rigid plover
sometimes nozzle threads are too short for your heatblock
if you have calipers it should be easy to figure out though
rigid plover
then you'll probably have to unscrew it
oblique hare
i feel like whoever made my printer has anger issues or something
every single part on it is insanely tight
getting the whole block off the railings while trying to unscrew it lol
oblique hare
then you'll probably have to unscrew it
do you know how to get it back down?
like I unscrewed it and its up a bit, but cant get it down back to where it was
yeah i did something wrong
tube didnt come out
rigid plover
can you pull out the other end of the tube?
oblique hare
can you pull out the other end of the tube?
seemed like it, reddit said to heat it up real hot and see if you can pull it out, and if not just grab pliers and pull it out and cut out the bent part
rigid plover
"real hot" is usually unnecessary, it's probably held in there by molten filament, so 150 should do
oblique hare
"real hot" is usually unnecessary, it's probably held in there by molten filamen...
got it out, but think theres another problem
saw in other videos people pushing the tube all the way through from the top to the bottom where it comes out, and it seems like I cant get my tube out all the way, so i feel like theres a blockage
but then i dont see one anywhere, so not really sure whats the problem
tube just doesnt go any further after a certain point, but even after same results as before
so either theres a gap and its not going through or its another problem
rigid plover
not going down?
if your heatbreak is still screwed into the radiator, then it'll stop when touching heatbreak
that's normal
here's more accurate image
basically you need to make sure that there are no gaps in these places
oblique hare
then dont think so, i mean feels like tubes going in as deep as it can
i mean in that case what else can be the issue?
rigid plover
then there's a gap between the nozzle and the heatbreak
with that clog shape it's clear that there's a gap to expand into
well, from photos I can't see major errors from your side, but none of them have the nozzle installed
I'll assume that you screwed it into the block all the way
and it still haven't reached the heatbreak
since nozzle looks like of the right size on the bed, problem is either heatbreak, it's installation (which doesn't seem like the case from first photo) or the heatblock size
so the easiest fast fix that I could think of is trying to screw heatbreak deeper into the heatblock
- remove central screw (black one on the radiator), remove vertical side screws that are going through the heatblock into the radiator
- pull out heatbreak with heatblock out of the radiator
- screw the nozzle into the heatblock until there's a gap of about 0.5mm
- screw the heatbreak into the block all the way in against the nozzle
- reinstall the heatbreak with heatblock again with all 3 screws
- heat up the hotend to 230 degrees Celsius and tighten nozzle a bit more with a tool while it's hot
oblique hare
6. heat up the hotend to 230 degrees Celsius and tighten nozzle a bit more with ...
sorry for late reply, timesones suck