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What was it supposed to be?
Almost always, the novice has Z offset way, way too high, and almost always Enders' E steps calibration is way, way off. |
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Originally Posted By -Obsessed-: What was it supposed to be? View Quote A mighty fine example of a old style cheap ramen pack. And yep - looks like the z-axis high might be a bit high. the fact that the second row was not flatted out, more than one issue. did you select the right printer + nozzle size in the slicer? |
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The last thing a tyrant wants is their ideas to be judged on the battle field of truth and justice.
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3D Ramen noodles?
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Always blame autocorrect.
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Silent Brigade 1-20-20
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[#5]
Lol it was the pig file that came with the SD card. So I guess I need to find a slicer program and fix a whole bunch of settings. This is a bit overwhelming
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"That pistol just kept saying, let go of my ears, you don't know what you're doing." - thehellbringer
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[#6]
Nice squeezed zit!
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[#7]
I think it could be saved and used as an AR lower. I know this because I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night.
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I'm pink, therefore, I'm Spam.®
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[#8]
That is the nicest-looking 3D printed pile of spaghetti I've ever seen. Mine normally look like someone let off a few cans of silly string in the enclosure.
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[#9]
That looks like the Angel hair noodles at BD's Mongolian BBQ.
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The devil's got my number.
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You printed Ramen? |
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[#11]
Nice looking spaghetti toast.
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[#12]
So the machine has been sitting in the box for well over a year, so I'm going to try again with a fresh spool of PLA that's still sealed.
Maybe we'll get fettuccine this time |
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"That pistol just kept saying, let go of my ears, you don't know what you're doing." - thehellbringer
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Originally Posted By cccpNyC: So the machine has been sitting in the box for well over a year, so I'm going to try again with a fresh spool of PLA that's still sealed. Maybe we'll get fettuccine this time View Quote You need to u-toob Ender 3 Z-height. It will go thru the steps needed to set the correct nozzle to bed height. Once you get it, it'll be muscle memory. But its the getting it part that takes time. And patience. |
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Slow is smooth, smooth is fast.
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[#14]
Yup, get your z offset and extrusion calibrations done, THEN try again.
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Strong men create good times. Good times breed weak men. Weak men create hard times. (You are here) Hard times breed strong men.
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[#15]
Level your bed. If the nozzle is just ~ a width of a sheet of paper higher than your bed over the whole surface of the bed, your print will improve dramatically.
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Originally Posted By Klee: As a Ender 3 user, four years now and moded a decent amount, YouTube is the way. https://i.imgur.com/XWVRMMx.jpg To have nice prints with a Ender 3 you will need to tinker until you wont have to anymore, takes a while and probably you will mod it to get the results you want. If you like to tinker with stuff and don't mind learning by screwing up then a Ender 3 is great, if you don't like to tinker it is a road straight to pain and heartache. I always post this to show what an Ender 3 can do. https://i.imgur.com/R8A2CVv.jpg https://i.imgur.com/2RZCvoG.jpg https://i.imgur.com/OGsu9PJ.jpg Straight off the built plate with zero cleanup. EDIT: MODS: High precision rollers. Micro Swiss all metal hot end. Hardend steel nozzel. Aluminum bed leveling wheels. ( had them before I added a solid bed mount kit) Solid bed mount kit. BLTouch. Creality glass bed plate. Dual Z axis kit. Bigtreetech SKR mini V3.0 E3 control board. BTT TFT35-E3 V3.0 touch screen. Upgraded boden tube. 3D printed knob for the extruder stepper motor. Sunlu S1 dryer. Run Octoprint on a old Dell laptop running Ubuntu server. 7 or 8 3d printed standoffs under the printer, they are flexible and I find it helps with print quality. Still running the factory power supply, hot end fans, stepper motors, belts, plastic extruder housing and lever. No I did not go crazy with the mods, they are all well thought out and compliment each other and done over the years. I only added mods that I researched that will help the printing quality, did not just add "the latest thing". I mostly print PLA+ and every now and then CF PETG, no ABS or Nylon or any of the other higher temp filaments yet but will probably get a newer enclosed printer that is made for the higher temp printing when I do. View Quote That's beautiful. Only mods I've done was to replace my z axis coupling with a bellows coupling (mitigate minor misalignment and backlash) and replaced the plastic extruder with a dual geared metal one. Is that frame done in PLA+? Is PLA+ strong enough for glock frames? |
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