after more than a year of successful PLA printing with minor hiccups . i started having ? extrusion ? adhesion issues .
did the whole thing calibration , clean up , change hotened changed filament .
nothing works at normal speed that i used to print with
one thing helps a bit is slowing first layer to 25 mm . any suggestion where to start ?
Welcome to the forum!
I see you said you cleaned up… did you take it to the sink and really scrub it with dish soap and water?
Only to add to what @PrinterMcgee has said.
Yes I washed it multiple time with dishwashing detergent scrubbed , followed IPA . Same issue persists .
Auto bed leveling before the print? The IPA was before or after the scrubbing?
alway auto leveling , IPA after the scrubbing .
Using IPA can introduce issues.
I would try it without.
If you prefer to use it, this should be followed.
Out of curiosity, do you have another plate to try?
Or the other side, just like underwear.
Did you change ANYTHING? Even if you think it would be a no-effect change.
My first response to the printer going off the rails is “What changed” and that is probably the driver for the questions about the build plate. It looks brand new and it looks like the filament did not adhere to the plate and so the filament followed the nozzle rather staying in place.
I tried flipping the plate . Nothing changed
I don’t know why but this brought to mind an image of someone having and accident after an oil change and thinking they are related.
I think that picture is the best picture I have ever seen of filament not sticking to the build plate. Every millimeter of filament is there, it just isn’t where it is supposed to be.
Some of these folks buying these printers I think have never operated an electro-mechanical device in their lives.
Do you mean that some of the “ folks” buying “ those printers “ are ignorant and not qualified to buy an electromechanical devices like some other educated engineer type of folks ?
Pretty sure he does. I agree with him as well. (removed sentence that applies just as much here, but referenced another forum post)
It’s evident when someone has an issue, then goes on changing things in multiples without determining if any of those changes really apply to the problem. You couldn’t know unless you tried each one at a time to see it’s impact on said problem. Wet filament is one of the single most common issues. Yet it’s never that if you ask them. They’ll change z offset, hotends, PTFE tubing, blame BL because they can’t help them (they’ll always say the filament is dry). It would be simple to look at it and ask, why is this different than the last print. What has changed. Understand that brand new filament can be wet. Accept that when told it’s probably that.
This applies to any number of situations. The art of troubleshooting is dying. It’s now google it and apply everything you read all at once. Even here questions are usually asked after changing multiple settings then wondering why we can’t help with the first post.
So take his statement as “high and mighty” if you want, but that was not the intent. It’s maddening to try and help someone who can’t answer the questions thoroughly enough to let us begin to help. Wrongly worded, sure. The frustration is real though.
be polite or be generous with your silence . politeness and courtesy , try that dying art
Are you serious? You ask for help then give little to nothing to go on and then criticize someone who explains why that’s not helpful. Really?
Anyone else that helps you must have the patience of a Saint. I don’t.
Buy away. Buy 10 printers. I have no problem with people buying these machines whatsoever. That said, just because you disagree with the answer you got does not mean the answer is wrong.
You ever heard the phrase “The wisdom of a crowd”?
When you post to a forum, no matter which one it is, you are tapping into the wisdom of that crowd.
Well within your options to say you think everyone is wrong but that probably also means you and your printer are not going to have a good relationship.
Cleaning that plate is going to be part of your ritual of printing models. Scrubbing, and I mean like serious scrubbing is part of printing.
You are not going to get around that.
