Revision as of 14:29, 25 February 2019

General

Checklist

Some of the problems described here can be avoided by observing the 3D Print Checklist

Print Aborted

Running out of filament

The amount of initial filiament shipped with my Geeetech_A10 was simply not enough to finish the print job:

Rebooting computer while USB is connected

When installing a new USB driver the computer rebooted - it's probably the same if you unplug and plug the USB cable while printing from SD card:

Underextrusion

See e.g.

in my case it happened when I set the Filament settings in the marlin menu with "E in mm3" to 1.75. This was a misunderstanding that lead the software to assume my filament was flowing faster than it was. After switching the volumentric value off things were much better. The same will happen if you use the default Material/filament size in Cura which might be wrongly set to 2.85 mm instead of 1.75 mm for the filament you might be using.

The 3D_Print_Testbox print clearly shows the difference:

Clogged Nozzle

See e.g.

https://help.prusa3d.com/article/WWVRzOY1dX-clogged-nozzle

https://www.timthinks.de/3d-druck-verstopfte-druckduese-reinigen-clean-a-clogged-nozzle/

Print stuck to glass / print bed

https://all3dp.com/1/remove-3d-print-from-bed-stuck-glass/

I had best results with the temperature method in combination with taping the bed before printing. With a minus 17 degree cooling pad from the deep fridge below the glas bed and a gentle stroke with the rubber hammer the problem usually went away within a minute.

Stringing

see e.g.

https://ultimaker.com/en/resources/19504-how-to-fix-stringing

Slight stringing can simply be sanded off:

Shifting layers / Layer shifting

Changing filament

Change Filament

Pillowing

Bed Leveling

Geeetech A10 Bed Leveling

Initial bed leveling

Get a piece of 80g/m² paper ready.

The glass plate should be will fixed with fold back clips. Especially the left rear corner might need two clips. Foldback the bottom clip and remove the top one for the clips pointing to the left. Make sue the clips are far enough away from the position where the extruder will be in the corner test below.
Auto Home from the Marlin menu: Prepare/Auto home
Preheat your Extruder: Prepare/Preheat PLA/Preheat PLA (or only Preheat PLA End -if you don't want a warm bed while working)
You might want to loosen all four screws until you feel no more resistance - do not turn much further or the screws will come completly off. Looking from the top you turn the screws clockwise. Your hands have to move counter-clockwise since the screws are below the plate. This will bring the print bed as low as it gets.
Tighten all four screws by the same number of turns. This will bring the print bed up again and if all is well it should be level already. You'll have to try out what a suitable amount of full turns is. I am currently experimenting with 7 to 10 turns.
Start the leveling procedure from the Marlin menu: Prepare/Level corners. Make sure the paper is squeezed by the extruder in the corresponding corner. The difference between "squeezed" and "loose" should be only some 1/8 of a turn of the screw. In the first "round" - 4 x time "next corner" tighten the screws until you feel some resistance from the screws. Don't worry about the amount of resistance of the paper on top yet - it should just be in that 1/8 range between loose and tight.
Now do more 4 x time "next corner" steps until the result is satisfactory. The resistance on the paper is decreased by turning the screws counter-clockwise (moving your hand clockwise). The paper should just not move freely - a little bit of "rest-resistance" should be feelable.

Testing with some gcode

Ender 3 Level Test

The front left corner ist not o.k.

Support

https://pinshape.com/blog/dotm-fantasy-graph-3d-printer-support-structures/

Speed

Speed, Quality, Strength, Cost - pick any two ...

https://my3dmatter.com/influence-infill-layer-height-pattern/

Support break down

https://pinshape.com/blog/dotm-fantasy-graph-3d-printer-support-structures/

Test Cube

See 3D Print Testbox

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 # Tighten all four screws by the same number of turns. This will bring the print bed up again and if all is well it should be level already. You'll have to try out what a suitable amount of full turns is. I am currently experimenting with 7 to 10 turns.
 # Start the leveling procedure from the Marlin menu: Prepare/Level corners. Make sure the paper is squeezed by the extruder in the corresponding corner. The difference between "squeezed" and "loose" should be only some 1/8 of a turn of the screw. In the first "round" - 4 x time "next corner"  [[File:NextCorner.jpg|200px]] tighten the screws until you feel some resistance from the screws. Don't worry about the amount of resistance of the paper on top yet - it should just be in that 1/8 range between loose and tight.
-# Now do more 4 x time "next corner" steps until the result is satifsfacory. The resistance on the paper is decreased by turning the screws counter-clockwise (moving your hand clockwise). The paper should just not move freely - a little bit of "rest-resistance" should be feelable.
+# Now do more 4 x time "next corner" steps until the result is satisfactory. The resistance on the paper is decreased by turning the screws counter-clockwise (moving your hand clockwise). The paper should just not move freely - a little bit of "rest-resistance" should be feelable.
 == Testing with some gcode ==

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