Unanswered Questions
459 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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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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Fixing Z-Hop Stringing
I'm printing a model on my Ender 3 in Mika3D Silk PLA, which (just for reference, this is not atypical) has a stated temperature of 200 °C to 235 °C. I have used this filament before ...
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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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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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Streamlining OpenSCAD Code
Is there an efficient approach to discovering what is extraneous ("dead" or "unused") code in OpenSCAD to promote the learning process?
I am making progress by using working examples of code; however,...
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DLP build plate adhesion
Does anyone have tips on improving build plate adhesion in DLP printers? I've heard a thin layer of resin or UV glue applied to the plate will help, but we're not sure if we leave the resin/glue wet, ...
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Polypropylene Bed Adhesion
I recently upgraded to a Polypropylene print bed, but I haven't actually been able to complete a print.
Adhesion seems incredibly inconsistent, even on the same spot. Sometimes it goes down great, ...
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Upgrading to higher torque extruder motor creality ender3
So according to E3D customer service, the V6 is designed to have higher back pressure than the MK8. This leads to underextrusion with PLA and all kinds of problems unless you increase the temp by 30&...
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How does this multiple-curve-beam flexural pivot work?
I found this in Handbook of Compliant Mechanisms (2013), page 162, or at the start of "Chapter 11, Elements of Mechanisms," subsection 11.1.2 Revolute
I don't understand how it's supposed to ...
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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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Using BLTouch on Y Axis instead of Z
Long story short, Y and Z axis on my printer are swapped because it is a belt printer. Currently, the BLTouch sensor only works on Z axis, so I need to figure out how to do it for the Y axis otherwise ...
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Prints not sticking to centre of build plate, Phenom Peopoly
Recently prints aren't sticking to centre of bed - e.g if I print a grid of 25 identical models, the ones in centre will not attach to build plate. Models near edges stick to build plate fine, on all ...
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Over-extrusion on curved surfaces?
I am having issues with my Creality CR-10 S5 running Cura 4.6.1. If I use the Ender-3 gcode, it prints perfect. If I do the exact same print with S5 printer selected, I get garbage prints with lots of ...
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Ender 5 Pro print quality issue
I got my 3D printer from Creality 1 day ago. My dog off the SD card came perfectly, Benchy was also printed almost flawlessly. I used standard Benchy settings on all my prints.
Now I tried making a ...
