Help with my printing issues

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sgoutam
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Help with my printing issues

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hey all,

I am a novice when it comes to 3d printing and I have had a very hit or miss time printing. Here are the details of my set up and I will upload a video of my current issue:

Ender 5 Pro w/ Silent Mother Board (https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B081SPJ2VX)
Creality Ender 3 Glass Bed (https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B07RVCJS69)
OVERTURE PLA Filament 1.75mm (https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B07PGY2JP1)
PLA has been put into dry boxes with the humidity at around 17-20%

I originally was using the magnetic bed that came with the printer and my prints would sometimes stick and most times not, I used glue and it just turned into a mess and so I upgraded to the glass bed reading that was better and gave smoother finishes on the base. The glass bed had the same issues so I added blue tape. The tape works great, a little too great because I could never get my prints off unless I use a spatula and a rubber mallet, even after leaving it to cool overnight, I was wasted so much tape. I have being tried to get it to print to the glass bed with nothing else, I don't want to use glue, or hair spray, or tape or any other strange concoction. I really don't think it makes sense that something like this was built to fail unless we use random hacks to get it to stick. I have watched so many videos and read so many articles, ranging from bed temp, nozzle temp, leveling, z-stop changes, Cura setting changes, cleaning the bed, printing support structures to help print (which makes no sense because if I can't print how am I supposed to print something to help me print) and I am just at my end with this thing. I am hoping someone can just watch the video and give me a more clear answer of what the heck is going on. As of right now some corners of my initial layer starts curling up and then the nozzle will either hit it and cause it to move and therefore turn into a stringy failure, or the corners keep curling up and my print is warped in all corners. Someone please help.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/Q7jmAvET1JUS1Anq5
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Re: Help with my printing issues

Post by LePaul »

There's a few things I would check but let' start with the basics... here's a great source

https://teachingtechyt.github.io/calibration.html

You need to make sure your material is dry
You need to make sure the esteps are correct
You then need to do temp towers to find the ideal print temp. Don't guess. Don't assume what works for someone else will work for you.
I work in professional research 3D printing. We do these steps to make sure we have the basics dialed in.
We then do Extrusion Multiplier/Flow tests to figure out if we are over or under extruding.

Once you have that, you can move on to further tuning

Many people are under the assumption you just load profiles, load filament and go. 3D printers need calibration for each material they use

Good luck!
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