this printer is so bad bro help please I’m gonna go insane

[karmic hedge]

I’ve done everything I just want normal prints no lines on the top and bottom I bought a cr touch and glad bed now it does this

[tranquil smelt]

Okay, #1 the printer is not inheritably bad.

[karmic hedge]

It just doesn’t want to stick in some places????

[tranquil smelt]

Calm down

Being a panicky person does not do any good.

Anyways

First off, did you calibrate the esteps?

[karmic hedge]

No idea what that is

[tranquil smelt]

I hated this question when I was first beginning but it makes sense to me now why to ask

[karmic hedge]

I have a normal ender 3

[tranquil smelt]

And I have a normal Ender 3 too haha, well kinda normal XD

[tranquil smelt]

Too far from the bed

Look

[karmic hedge]

Is this right the probe z offset?

[tranquil smelt]

Ugh

[tranquil smelt]

Okay look, I hate it when new people of the hobby get an ABL. They think it is the auto solver of all things leveling when it is not.

[karmic hedge]

Welp

Idk

[tranquil smelt]

Do you know anything about firmware?

[karmic hedge]

No

[tranquil smelt]

Okay

Well

Fuck

I'll work with it

You need to learn the fundamentals of bed leveling(tramming but fuck them)

So

An ABL is a good upgrade to have

[karmic hedge]

I ordered better bed springs too but they didn’t come

Prolly won’t do anything

[tranquil smelt]

The ABL helps with the warpness of beds sometimes. You can only level the bed so well by hand so the ABL helps reduce that.

[karmic hedge]

Ye

[tranquil smelt]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulteP9oQfKA

Here, watch this video

[karmic hedge]

I’ve watching probably all the vids

[tranquil smelt]

Then what are you not understanding?

Genuine question, no sarcasm

[karmic hedge]

Did the vid

[tranquil smelt]

And?

[karmic hedge]

Ima try a print

[tranquil smelt]

Let me know how it goes

[karmic hedge]

Alr

So I can adjust it

I stopped the print after it was too low and auto homed it how to I get it down ?

Nvm

The axis was moved up

@tranquil smelt

🤷‍♂️

[tranquil smelt]

The nozzle needs closer to the bed

[tranquil smelt]

from this picture

[karmic hedge]

It looks like it’s so close it leaves an outline

[karmic hedge]

It has a lot of resistance

Its not putting barley anything

[karmic hedge]

I put it closer here

[south elm]

Well i can tell you at least one error from that video

[karmic hedge]

I can’t get it closer

[south elm]

You want 4 clamps ... one in each corner

And if you are still too far away you tightend the bed too much

[karmic hedge]

That will make the lines not touching?

[karmic hedge]

Bru

How tight should it be

[south elm]

Well it makes your bed wobbly during probing. Then there is usally a limit of minus 5 mm for z offset

[karmic hedge]

My z offset is like -2

[south elm]

About how tight well enough doesnt get loose

[karmic hedge]

English

[south elm]

Then either you under extrude or you have .44 and more as wirst layerlinr width

[south elm]

Niemals!

[karmic hedge]

Huh

Tighten it all the way??

Idk

[south elm]

Englisch is my second language typos when tired drunk and sick might happen

I told you how tight ... enough that the screws are not loose

[karmic hedge]

Ok

It has to be my layer thickness

I’ve tried everything

I’ve spent more time messing with this thing leveling than I have printed

[south elm]

Width

No thickness

[karmic hedge]

Mb

Width*

[south elm]

Thicc and sick

[karmic hedge]

Lmao

[south elm]

Check the first layer width in your slicer 🙂

[karmic hedge]

Lemme fire up the ol pc

Is it just me that I have a hard time sometimes getting the sd card in Bec it’s so small and the port is so close to the table

[south elm]

It looks at least from that image that you at least dont have a gap and the card vanishes into the housing

[karmic hedge]

There’s the slicer

[south elm]

Yeah thats beginner settings

Click on the 3 stripes and select all

[karmic hedge]

O

I clicked all

If I change a setting do I have to re slice my prints

[south elm]

Remove the search term

And ofcourse ... how should a gcode on a different sdcard.magicaly know its changed

[karmic hedge]

Wasn’t sure

I have been doing that anyway

Just wanted to confirm

[karmic hedge]

Did it

[south elm]

And now show me what you got

[karmic hedge]

That

What should I change

[south elm]

Okay increase initaly layerwidth to 105 % and see if it gets better 🙂

[karmic hedge]

I did 110 nothing seems to work I hate this printer bro

I’m just gonna restart for the 20th time

Manual level and do offset

Doesn’t seem like the layers are any wider

Nothing wants to stick anymore

[karmic hedge]

It looks thinner now

Instead of thicker

This printer has gotta be fucked

@south elm

Aren’t they supposed to be touching

And supposed to be totally flat

Set the width more?

120%?

[south elm]

Thats the most if thats not working i have no idea

[karmic hedge]

110 is the most?

[south elm]

Your 120 suggested

[tranquil smelt]

Have you tried glue stick or blue tape?

idk why you guys are worrying about line width, this is a bed leveling issue it looks like

[south elm]

#1208488160082927736 message thats why.

[tranquil smelt]

Yeah but increasing the width wouldn't help that though if the nozzle isn't close enough

Is the bed as close as it can get or?

Is the Z-Endstop still on the side of the printer?

[south elm]

It looks close enough to me

[tranquil smelt]

It is a few tenths of a mm off from being good it looks like

[south elm]

And would not be the first time that someone accidentaly set the wrong width

[tranquil smelt]

Not wrong but if the line width is at 100% and the layer lines look like that, it seems to be just a little too far from the bed

[south elm]

Anyway told too relevel too. Have fun im back to sleep