Very new to the world of 3d printing, prints coming out 'glob-ish' using an ender 3 and 3dfillies blue filament
Posted Sep 27, 2020, 1:23 PM UTC
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Made the same print flawlessly using the provided white filament, just wondering what has gone wrong
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Recalculated my e-steps and found it needed to be set to 340 (from 180 yikes) to get 100mm, printing perfectly now.
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Are you saying that recalibrating esteps was the problem, even though it seemed to work with the other filament?
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u/Kroan informed me of a setting in which I was using volumetric extrusion, after recalculating my esteps they became a much more reasonable 96. I must have turned it on at some point between changing the filaments.
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It looks like your nozzle might be too close to the bed. What temp you printing at? I run my 3dfillies blue at 205c
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Interesting.
My 3dfillies needs 225.
Edit: I handle had their blue, yet.
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Wow big difference, different printers, heaterblock and other parts can make a difference too. All the pla+ I have tried so far works great at 205 for me, white at 190.
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running at 230, as that is the minimum I can set it to get a solid flow. I am however worried that since the max temp listed is 235 that it may damage the filament.
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It's possible that your nozzle has a partial block in it, that isn't stopping it coming out, but is in the way and meaning you cannot extruder under normal temperatures. Like when a tomato sauce bottle need its nozzle cleaned because it keeps shooting sideways.
Have a look online for "atomic pull" to clean the inside of the nozzle
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A partial clog would make sense too, can be caused by nozzle being to close to the bed. I assume your using a normal brass nozzle and not steel? You should be fine printing inside the temp range listed and probably safe 10c over, but should not need to be that high
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Definitely print a temperature tower
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Could be moisture in the filament, or your temperature settings are wrong? To me it looks like the extrusion isn't particularly regular, but its hard to tell from the photo.
Recalculated my e-steps and found it needed to be set to 340 (from 180 yikes) to get 100mm, printing perfectly now.
That big of a change makes me think you have volumetric extrusion enabled when you don't want it. Check out https://www.reddit.com/r/ender3/comments/f0ik8k/_/
I did have that enabled yes thank you! Going to turn it off and recalibrate.
Does having it enabled cause any sort of faults or damage?
You only want it enabled if your slicer is producing volumetric e steps, is my understanding. I could definitely be wrong about that, most all I know is from that post
I second this answer. Is the filament old?
brand new filament, got it last week.
Temperature tower, and contract them about it.
They will help you troubleshoot, because it may also be faulty filament in which case once they have exhausted options you will get a refund or replacement.
They have a quality guarantee.