How often do people change the tips? Or how do you clean it when it seems to not print as good
With regular use they aren’t typically a wear item unless its stainless, but as you’re having print defects you may need to clean it and do some routine maintenance regardless. A1 Maintenance Guidelines | Bambu Lab Wiki is a good read. The heater unit has been known to loosen up as well.
Yeah, the most common issues in my experience are the occasionally clogs, and once in a blue moon, loosen heater units.
What is causing this build up?
I can’t get the picture to download on here
Just drag and drop the picture into the window?
Says the image is to large
It will print fine then all of a sudden do this. I did one print came home and it looked like when a tire would explodes. I had filament everywhere.
General suggestions:
- Check if the silicone sock is in good condition, I’ve found as the sock degrade, filament will sometimes stick to it during prints.
- If you’ve a spare hotend, swap it out to rule out potential hotend related issue.
- Swap to another filament to rule out filament.