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steep lagoon Oct 3, 2023, 9:07 PM

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Wheels are the easy way. I would also recommend the rail.

lucid flame Oct 3, 2023, 9:07 PM

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yes

earnest epoch Oct 3, 2023, 9:07 PM

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Which?

lucid flame Oct 3, 2023, 9:08 PM

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earnest epoch Oct 3, 2023, 9:08 PM

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steep lagoon Wheels are the easy way. I would also recommend the rail.

Old tech, go maglev 😁

lucid flame Oct 3, 2023, 9:08 PM

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steep lagoon Wheels are the easy way. I would also recommend the rail.

rail?

earnest epoch Oct 3, 2023, 9:08 PM

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Hehe

earnest epoch Oct 3, 2023, 9:08 PM

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lucid flame rail?

Linear rails

lucid flame Oct 3, 2023, 9:10 PM

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Ah gotcha

rough light Oct 3, 2023, 9:13 PM

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lucid flame

no

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it sucks

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trust me

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AAE_shakehead

lucid flame Oct 3, 2023, 9:13 PM

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i can't afford it anyways lol

rough light Oct 3, 2023, 9:13 PM

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ive been trying to get mine working for 3 years

rough light Oct 3, 2023, 9:14 PM

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lucid flame i can't afford it anyways lol

save up for an A1

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Arkeknine

glacial mural Oct 3, 2023, 9:16 PM

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Seems to me like those wheels are way too tight.

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It should roll smooth and fairly free by hand with the printer off.

lucid flame Oct 3, 2023, 9:17 PM

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i've got it looser than a goose and it still snags

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not as bad, but still snags

glacial mural Oct 3, 2023, 9:17 PM

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ah, gotcha.

steep lagoon Oct 3, 2023, 9:18 PM

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lucid flame i've got it looser than a goose and it still snags

So wheel replacement would be a quick swap. A rail is more involved

rough light Oct 3, 2023, 9:19 PM

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https://gulfcoast-robotics.com/collections/mgn12-kits/products/linear-rail-precision-motion-kit-for-ender-3-pro-v2-neo-x-axis?variant=40431908061266

Gulfcoast Robotics

Linear Rail Precision Motion Kit for Ender 3 / Pro / V2 (X-axis)

The MGN12 Linear Rail Precision Motion Kit upgrades the X axis motion system on the original Creality Ender 3, Ender 3 Pro, Ender 3 V2 and Neo 3D Printers.Traditionally used for industrial applications, linear rails are manufactured with tight tolerances, offering high rigidity, low friction and precision accuracy. In

lucid flame Oct 3, 2023, 9:19 PM

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hmm that looks nice

rough light Oct 3, 2023, 9:19 PM

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this is a really nice kit

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yeah you don’t lose build volume like other kits

lucid flame Oct 3, 2023, 9:20 PM

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That's 65$ more than what i've got rn pfft

rough light Oct 3, 2023, 9:20 PM

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and have to change offset for your build volume

lucid flame Oct 3, 2023, 9:21 PM

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steep lagoon So wheel replacement would be a quick swap. A rail is more involved

I'm going to start with just the wheels, it's better to replace a tire before your frame on a car

gleaming girder Oct 3, 2023, 9:22 PM

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I can't help myself, I always go all in. When I had to replace the wheels I went straight to the linear rail

lucid flame Oct 3, 2023, 9:23 PM

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I'm not sure how much I'll have left after needs in this upcoming paycheck, depending on if my second job actually pays me soon

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Oh, can I take off the screen that's attached to the printer? I don't need it, and it causes problems every so often

steep lagoon Oct 3, 2023, 9:23 PM

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Official Creality Ender 3 X-axis MGN12C Linear Rail Guide Kit with Fix Plate Mount Bracket Support Sprite Pro kit for Creality Ender3 Ender 3 Pro Ender 3 V2 3D Printers https://a.co/d/bZoC8Oc

Official Creality Ender 3 X-axis MGN12C Linear Rail Guide Kit with ...

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Official Kit is $30 @rough light

rough light Oct 3, 2023, 9:24 PM

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ah

lucid flame Oct 3, 2023, 9:24 PM

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ooh even better

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wait

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that's stateside

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meh 11$ shipping isn't bad

rough light Oct 3, 2023, 9:25 PM

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i go all out AscHomerHide

gleaming girder Oct 3, 2023, 9:25 PM

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It is, but should also be available in Germany

lucid flame Oct 3, 2023, 9:25 PM

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Yeah I just have to pay shipping

gleaming girder Oct 3, 2023, 9:26 PM

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For $30 I would do the rail and convert to direct drive.

lucid flame Oct 3, 2023, 9:27 PM

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Honestly might as well

gleaming girder Oct 3, 2023, 9:27 PM

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Down side is the official kit is a C not an H

lucid flame Oct 3, 2023, 9:27 PM

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So rail, wheels, what's this direct drive?

gleaming girder Oct 3, 2023, 9:27 PM

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Direct drive moves the extruder motor from the back onto the tool head. It will let you use less retraction and print flexible material

lucid flame Oct 3, 2023, 9:28 PM

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that would be cool

gleaming girder Oct 3, 2023, 9:28 PM

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But it looks like you already have that

lucid flame Oct 3, 2023, 9:28 PM

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I have the Sprite extruder yes

rough light Oct 3, 2023, 9:28 PM

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gleaming girder Direct drive moves the extruder motor from the back onto the tool head. It will ...

theires is

lucid flame Oct 3, 2023, 9:28 PM

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Believe it may have it

rough light Oct 3, 2023, 9:28 PM

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lucid flame Believe it may have it

it is

lucid flame Oct 3, 2023, 9:28 PM

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yup

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well hey I'm winning in somethin

rough light Oct 3, 2023, 9:28 PM

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PartyKitty

gleaming girder Oct 3, 2023, 9:29 PM

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Yup so disregard that. Just make sure you get the right kit for your model and sprite

rough light Oct 3, 2023, 9:29 PM

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gleaming girder Yup so disregard that. Just make sure you get the right kit for your model and s...

that one has both brackets i think

gleaming girder Oct 3, 2023, 9:29 PM

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What model ender do you have?

lucid flame Oct 3, 2023, 9:29 PM

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3

gleaming girder Oct 3, 2023, 9:30 PM

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Which one? Hahaha

rough light Oct 3, 2023, 9:30 PM

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lucid flame 3

is it an S1?

gleaming girder Oct 3, 2023, 9:30 PM

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Pro, v2, neo, se, s1

rough light Oct 3, 2023, 9:30 PM

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not an S1

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its an OG

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its a regular ender 3 with a sprite

gleaming girder Oct 3, 2023, 9:31 PM

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I thought I saw the tall screen

rough light Oct 3, 2023, 9:31 PM

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gleaming girder I thought I saw the tall screen

its the old style blue display

lucid flame Oct 3, 2023, 9:31 PM

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Literally just 3, I’m sorry she be plain

gleaming girder Oct 3, 2023, 9:31 PM

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Okay I'm just old and blind

lucid flame Oct 3, 2023, 9:35 PM

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oh the rail is out of stock

gleaming girder Oct 3, 2023, 9:37 PM

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For now

lucid flame Oct 3, 2023, 9:37 PM

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Yep

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I may as well clean the whole thing, it's still covered in weird substance on one side

gleaming girder Oct 3, 2023, 9:38 PM

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Can't hurt anything. Maybe there's something stuck in the wheels

lucid flame Oct 3, 2023, 9:42 PM

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oh yeah these wheels are bad

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I just took the toolhead off

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Might as well replace the broken thermostat too

gleaming girder Oct 3, 2023, 9:44 PM

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Almost like I knew what I was doing. Even a blind squirrel gets a nut!

lucid flame Oct 3, 2023, 9:44 PM

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It’s on its last leg

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Main flat spot

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That’s the worst wheel with 2 flat spots, the wheel next to it has 2 small chips and the bottom one has one long flat spot

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Is all this dust a sign it’s too tight?

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Also the X belt is shearing a bit

gleaming girder Oct 3, 2023, 9:53 PM

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Wavy lays are almost always the wheels.

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Might as well do the belt too

lucid flame Oct 3, 2023, 9:55 PM

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why is my whole thing covered in rust

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these screws are siezed man

gleaming girder Oct 3, 2023, 9:56 PM

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Looks like dust from the wheels

lucid flame Oct 3, 2023, 9:57 PM

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no on the heat block

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should've cleaned this months ago

glacial mural Oct 3, 2023, 10:21 PM

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lucid flame Is all this dust a sign it’s too tight?

Not so much the dust but the flat spots could be from over tight.

lucid flame Oct 3, 2023, 10:23 PM

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gotcha gotcha

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I'm just going to get a new heat block while I'm at it cause it's pretty corroded somehow

lucid flame Nov 3, 2023, 2:03 PM

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Aight finally ordering these parts like a month later

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Got a new heat block/thermostat, wheels, the linear rail kit, I think that was it?

lucid flame Nov 3, 2023, 2:54 PM

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Rip screw

gleaming girder Nov 3, 2023, 2:54 PM

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It's fine. Stick it in the oven for a while then clean it off with a wire brush. The filament should come right off

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Unless the threads are damaged, I can't really tell

lucid flame Nov 3, 2023, 2:55 PM

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They are

gleaming girder Nov 3, 2023, 2:55 PM

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At least they're cheap

lucid flame Nov 3, 2023, 2:55 PM

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Yep

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I was just going to get the 300C heat end because I have the 260 and figure might as well for 17 euro

lucid flame Nov 12, 2023, 6:14 PM

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Whoot whoot

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Got the new heat block and screws in as well as a not-broken thermostat

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New wheels as well

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Just hooked it up to make sure it was all functional before I install this linear rail

lucid flame Nov 12, 2023, 8:07 PM

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Alright nevermind on the rail for now

lucid flame Nov 12, 2023, 11:04 PM

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Not sure why it's skipped the infill for the support bracket on this R piece versus the L piece

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Sliced exactly the same

lucid flame Nov 13, 2023, 12:04 AM

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Minus that missing piece, the print quality is a lot smoother and consistent now

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None of the resonation issues or extrusion gaps from where it was snagging

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Still have some overhang problems, but it’s getting there

gleaming girder Nov 13, 2023, 1:10 AM

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Huge improvement

lucid flame Nov 13, 2023, 1:14 AM

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Excited to build the SV05 later today, it's been sitting there taunting me for days now

lucid flame Nov 13, 2023, 9:14 PM

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Well now I can't get the filament through the SV05 extruder

lucid flame Nov 14, 2023, 12:14 AM

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Glorious

lucid flame Nov 14, 2023, 1:10 AM

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earnest epoch Nov 14, 2023, 10:44 AM

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Congrats!

lucid flame Nov 14, 2023, 10:45 AM

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Thank you thank you

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The SV05 got a benchy printed, it’s not perfect but it’s a boat. Got some extrusion issues

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But that seems to be about it

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My Ender’s PI won’t stop crashing and stopping the print, think it’s cause I broke the charger so I’m using one with half the power. I’ll order a new one Thursday when I’m paid

lucid flame Nov 14, 2023, 11:51 AM

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The SV05’s benchy

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The Ender’s benchy

lucid flame Nov 14, 2023, 10:18 PM

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Not sure what this problem is caused by

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Or this

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earnest epoch Nov 17, 2023, 12:10 PM

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lucid flame

provided benchy or you sliced your own?

lucid flame Nov 17, 2023, 12:10 PM

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Provided

earnest epoch Nov 17, 2023, 12:11 PM

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It has some issues

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slice your own

lucid flame Nov 17, 2023, 12:11 PM

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Aight, I'll do that after this print

earnest epoch Nov 17, 2023, 12:11 PM

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lucid flame Not sure what this problem is caused by

Looks like underextrusion

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LW-PLA?

lucid flame Nov 17, 2023, 12:11 PM

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Yeah I've mostly fixed the underextrusion at this point, now it's just seam issues I think

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No, standard

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I'm just using what I have on hand, I don't have the extra money for anything but basic PLA at this moment

lucid flame Nov 19, 2023, 7:48 PM

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Some examples, most severe is the first and least is the last picture

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I’ve adjusted the flow, speed, retraction settings, and temperatures

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And it’s mostly only at the start of print

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The second picture is the main exception, those gaps run up the piece in 7 more sections. Not seeing any correlation to where it splits

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And then some layers have almost like a jump to them; this is the best piece to see it in.

plucky crypt Nov 19, 2023, 9:36 PM

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looks like a partial clog that is clearing up or you had drag in your filament path holding it up until it finally broke free.

lucid flame Nov 19, 2023, 11:58 PM

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Ok, I’ll give the extruder a clean and see that that does. Thanks!

lucid flame Nov 26, 2023, 7:42 PM

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Cleaned the extruder out, swapped filaments, put the original one back in, still having the same problem

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I’ve upped flow rate and done what was recommended. Only thing I couldn’t do was get the nozzle out to change it, but the cleaning tool went through with no filament on it

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Other side

earnest epoch Nov 26, 2023, 9:37 PM

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Belt tension ok?

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Try to reslice the model

lucid flame Nov 26, 2023, 11:50 PM

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Let me check belt tension

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They all flick like guitar strings

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went ahead and tightened them a bit more just to be safe

gleaming girder Nov 27, 2023, 12:05 AM

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Looks like you might need to redo the extrusion multiplier tuning

lucid flame Nov 27, 2023, 1:46 AM

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Is that the E steps?

gleaming girder Nov 27, 2023, 1:47 AM

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No, which slicer are you using?

lucid flame Nov 27, 2023, 1:47 AM

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Cura

gleaming girder Nov 27, 2023, 1:47 AM

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Oh lord

lucid flame Nov 27, 2023, 1:47 AM

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I have orca as well but it doesn’t work for the plane files

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Those are strictly cura

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I have what is likely a stupid question, but does the printer profile make a difference when slicing gcode files

gleaming girder Nov 27, 2023, 1:49 AM

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Okay it's called "flow rate" in cura

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Yes, the printer profile is everything

lucid flame Nov 27, 2023, 1:49 AM

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Oh, flow rate. I’ve already upped that, the Sovol lets you do it in the interface

gleaming girder Nov 27, 2023, 1:50 AM

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I'm pretty sure you have it too high. You cant just change it all willy nilly, it's something that needs to be tuned for each filament

lucid flame Nov 27, 2023, 1:50 AM

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gleaming girder Yes, the printer profile is everything

That may be part of my problem then, I’ve just been using the Ender 3 profile because the SV05 does not have an available profile in Cura. Is the SV03 close enough?

gleaming girder Nov 27, 2023, 1:50 AM

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And it will be different for different materials, so dont change it on the printer side, do it in the slicer

lucid flame Nov 27, 2023, 1:50 AM

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gleaming girder I'm pretty sure you have it too high. You cant just change it all willy nilly, i...

Gotcha, ok will do

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Looks like a couple people used the Ender 5 profile for the SV05 instead, think it’s worth a shot?

gleaming girder Nov 27, 2023, 1:52 AM

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Where you start isnt important as long as the bed size matches.

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Just make sure to do all of your tuning in that profile, and keep that one for the printer dont use a different one

lucid flame Nov 27, 2023, 1:53 AM

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The bed size is the same yeah. Ok, I’ll make it it’s own profile then so I don’t mix it with the Ender’s profile

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I think the only difference was max height

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I did get the Ender to print finally, though not perfect. Had the bent bottom few layers and the usual overhang issues, but the benchy came out okay despite those issues. I think I had it printing/cooling too fast

lucid flame Nov 27, 2023, 1:56 AM

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gleaming girder I'm pretty sure you have it too high. You cant just change it all willy nilly, i...

I’m using Polyterra PLA for these test prints, if you think it’s too high I should turn it down?

gleaming girder Nov 27, 2023, 1:58 AM

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Well I don't know what settings you are using it what you want to turn down

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Polyterra likes higher hot end temps

lucid flame Nov 27, 2023, 2:11 AM

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Ok, I’ve been printing it on 200’C for the hotend. I’m done with it for the night, but I can drop my settings here if that’d be helpful

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Well the boats are 200C. Plane parts were 210

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New boat was looking really clean until it unadhered from the bed apparently. Just walked back to it

lucid flame Nov 27, 2023, 2:03 PM

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Oh hey, Cura has the SV05 profile now. Going to test it

earnest epoch Nov 27, 2023, 2:36 PM

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Cura is nice! 😁

lucid flame Nov 27, 2023, 7:12 PM

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tiniest thing I've ever printed

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