Unanswered Questions
527 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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Makerbot Smart extruder+ heat block and nozzle question
I am looking for information on the smart extruder+ heat block and nozzle? I have looked online and from several forums come to the conclusion it is either a MK10 or MK11 assembly. Can anyone shed ...
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Treating PLA (Polylactic acid) plastic to make it biodegradable
I am using PLA for 3D printing, and I know it does not degrade well in the wild. I would like to know if there is a chemical process I could use to treat it at home.
Specifically, I am looking for a ...
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Marlin 2.0 Firmware temperature jumping on LCD when trying to configure UBL
Flashed Marlin 2.0 on my Folgertech 2020 Prusa i3 variant.
Calibrating seems to have gone smoothly until I tried to set up UBL.
Saved the mesh into EEPROM with the ...
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Perimeters/shells not properly fusing - delamination
I come to you all in my time of need, as I have nowhere else to turn. I’ve been a 3D printer for about two years now. I have an Ender 5 Plus.
Up to this point, all of my prints were fine straight out ...
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Connecting 128x64 OLED to BIGTREETECH SKR mini E3
I'm trying to connect a 128x64 OLED display with the SH1106 driver for the BIGTREETECH SKR mini E3 printer controller board which uses the 32 bit STM32f103RC MCU.
Note that it works fine with my ...
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My 3D printer checks axes home during print. Often wrecking the print
My Tevo Tornado has picked up this habit along the way of checking axes during a print.
It is mostly fine when it happens on the X or Y-axis, as the only resulting issue is a string on the outside of ...
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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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Over extruding and feeding gear is grinding Ender 3 pro
This issue is completely leaving me lost, my printer extrudes too much and leaves blobs yet the gear will just suddenly start grinding as soon as it begins to fill in the outline of my print. The ...
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Retraction fine but recovery occasionally just doesn't happen
I'm having issues with retraction. My printer prints very well normally, but has an intermittent problem with retraction: the retraction itself always happens, but sometimes the subsequent recovery ...
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Does it matter what kind of FEP film I use for my SLA printer?
I have a Phrozen Sonic Mini printer, and of course I'm eventually going to need to replace the FEP film on the resin vat. Is there anything I need to take in to consideration when buying some ...
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Print copy of real life object, starting with .mpo file or files
I want to make a 3D printed copy of a real object. I have access to a Nintendo 3DS which is capable of making 3D .mpo files. Is there a straight-forward method to convert these into a 3D printable ...
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Difference between Creality V2.1/V2.2 boards? Where to find datasheets?
I can't find an official datasheet for either board. Does anyone know where to find this information? Something that has max voltages, pinouts, etc.
Also, what's the difference between the V2.1 and ...
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Horizontal defects when linear_advance enabled?
What could cause that?
When linear_advance (v1.5) is "off" (M900 K0) - everything is uniform and smooth, only corners are protruding as expected.
When it is "on"...
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Arduino Mega and RAMPS 1.4 not responding
I was working on upgrading my Anet A8 to a RAMPS 1.4 running on Marlin. I had everything ready to go and had plugged it in to see if it worked. It seemed to be working so I tried to home it and my y ...
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Did I just destroy my MKS Gen L v1.0 board by shorting the stepper driver?
I was attempting to install new TMC2208 chips on my MKS Gen L v1.0. Everything was going swell, I just had one more thing to do.
I was checking and tuning the Vref for TMC2208 by measuring voltage ...
