✅ - any ideas on what might be causing this?

[crystal crypt]

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[teal gulch]

Rest of the print is pretty good

But the layers on the top suck

I also have to z step like .8mm before every print and I don’t know how to fix it so I don’t have to do that anymore

[hazy sage]

what do you mean by this?

[hazy sage]

if the piece printed, with the poor quality on top or bottom?

[teal gulch]

Poor quality on the bottom

and

[hazy sage]

its supported by support i assume?

[teal gulch]

Before every print I have to offset the z axis by .8

[teal gulch]

Yeah

I’ve just been having tons of issues since I switched to the silent mobo

[hazy sage]

unfortunately thats how supports work for FDM printers, the surface above support will always be poorer in quality, thats why print orientation matters

[teal gulch]

Yeah I tried a few different variations of this print

I expected an answer like this I just figured I’d ask

[hazy sage]

you can try to increase the quality by lowering the support z-height, that will make the support harder to remove though

[teal gulch]

I’m just gonna sand it and fill it

[hazy sage]

what printer do you have? if it has abl / crtouch it is normal

[teal gulch]

trying to make the broken master sword

Just a standard ender 3

I realized a while ago that the firmware I had flashed was the issue

I was told it was correct after research (it was not)

the z axis would get stuck

At a certain level

I fixed that

And now I’m just trying to get it printing how it used too

I bought a BL touch and a duel z axis but I haven’t bothered installing them yet

[hazy sage]

without ABL you should leave the z-offset at 0 and level the bed

[teal gulch]

Okay, I’ll try that

Literally the entire time I’ve had the printer I’ve always had to adjust the z offset before prints

Because I don’t know how to fix it 💀

It’s like when I level the bed it’s fine

But when it prints it doesn’t touch the bed

[hazy sage]

your bed could be wobbly / the springs are loose

[teal gulch]

So I have to offset it

[hazy sage]

the springs should be compressed halfway or more

[teal gulch]

This has been a thing since when I got it (I’ve replaced the springs)

I just sorta deal with it

[hazy sage]

sounds like a hardware issue,

[teal gulch]

It’s not like

Urgent

But it’s just tedious

[hazy sage]

you replaced witht he yellow springs?

[teal gulch]

yeah

Yes I used the right size too

[hazy sage]

the yellow springs are shorter than the stock springs, you will need to make a couple of small adjustment to the printer when leveling it

try to relevel it and post some pictures here, i'll help you out

[teal gulch]

Also here’s an example

Alright

So the print will start and I’ll have to adjust the z to like -.7 0r .8

Gonna let this print go first because I’m trying to clean my build plate by just printing a big square

Don’t know if it will work but it sounded like a good idea in my head

Oh awesome

[hazy sage]

that sucks

[teal gulch]

Don’t rest know what this means but I know it’s to prevent fires

[hazy sage]

yes

try running it again, if the error pops up again it is likely your thermistor is broken and needs replacement

[teal gulch]

it’s happened like once or twice in the last month

[hazy sage]

could be your thermistor is loose, it is not sitting tight in the hotend

[teal gulch]

A few months ago I had it blob up because the nozzle came loose

and I cleaned it

[hazy sage]

wait, did you have the silicon sock on?, without it the error can trigger as well

[teal gulch]

It’s on

But it is trimmed

[hazy sage]

then yeah, i would check the thermistor

[hazy sage]

why

[teal gulch]

It got fucked up when this happend

Anything I should be looking for

I ordered some new nozzles I’ll try to replace one

[hazy sage]

white wire

right side

see if the glass bead is secured by the small screw

[hazy sage]

it looks good, maybe a cold breeze of air triggered the error

thats why having the silicon sock is important

[teal gulch]

I do have my window fan on

But it’s like

Always on

So Idunno

Just replaced the nozzle the other one was icky

if I get a clog because I didn’t do it right that’s fine I know how to fix it

I think changing the nozzle like fixed my quality of print issues

The layers are already looking better

[hazy sage]

print looks good

[teal gulch]

I’ll send a pic once it’s done

Or like halfway

It’s just a one layered square

Going all over the print bed

I cancelled a couple prints and now I’m paying for it

On a scale of 1/10 how difficult would you rate installing a BL touch

[hazy sage]

3/4, mount it , plug it into the mainboard, flash the firmware

[teal gulch]

Mm ok, I thought calibrating it and stuff would be a pain

[crystal crypt]

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