3D Print Problems

General

• https://www.simplify3d.com/support/print-quality-troubleshooting/
• http://www.geeetech.com/blog/2016/12/troubleshooting-guide-to-19-common-3d-printing-problemspart-one/

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.

• https://www.raise3d.com/pages/extruding-too-little-much-plastic
• https://ultimaker.com/en/resources/21477-how-to-fix-under-extrusion

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 is 2.85 mm for 1.75 mm filament.

Clogged Nozzle

See e.g.

• https://help.prusa3d.com/article/WWVRzOY1dX-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.

Changing filament

• Change Filament

Pillowing

• https://all3dp.com/2/3d-printing-top-layer-problems-easy-fixes-for-pillowing/
• https://rigid.ink/blogs/news/pillowing-stringing-and-splitting-what-they-are-and-how-to-stop-them
• https://www.raise3d.com/pages/holes-and-gaps-in-solid-layers

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/

Experiments with a small test cube

Print accurary in mm

1. 0.6 mm - 5 min
2. 0.4 mm - 7 min
3. 0.3 mm - 9:27 min
4. 0.2 mm - 12:26 min

In the design i printed the accuracy and temperature as text so that the samples will "document themselves ..."