P1S, .4mm
Filament is PLA+. Manufacturer unknown.
The initial strip the machine prints looks very rough. The printed part is similarly rough. Have a look at the photo and tell me what you think.
Have you done any calibration or printed a temp tower to dial in your unknown filament?
I printed a manual calibration line. It was unreadable.
I have not tried a lower temperature. I’ll drop the temp 10C and let you know what happens.
Partial nozzle clog, I guess.
“Unknown” PLA suggests this spool has been sitting around a while. Pull a meter or so of filament off the spool and re-wrap to be sure the filament comes off the spool easily without tangles.
I hate to keep saying dry your filament, especially with PLA, but that filament is not flowing out of the extruder, it looks like it was spit out and blown to either side of the nozzle. So, dry the filament.
Be sure the bed is freshly leveled using that plate.
Don’t waste your time by guessing and randomly changing values. Test one setting at a time over a range of values and use the one that works best. You want to see problems on both ends of a range so that you know what is too much, what is too little and what is just right.
Start with a temperature tower and don’t be afraid to try outside the manufacturer recommended range if it produces better results. Then dial in the flow rate and pressure advance. Temperature in particular often needs to be higher for our steel nozzles than the recommendation for the more common brass nozzles.
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I will check that. I tried a couple more filaments and they all have the same issue. The problem is with the machine.
I switched out the hotend and the problem went away.
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