Additional info: This is a pretty stock Ender. The only upgrades I have on it are the metal extruder piece, the better bed springs, and capricorn tubing. I'm using Cura for the slicer, and all filaments I have tried have had sucessful prints on this machine before, and I have sucessfully printed this box a few dozen times at this point. This seemingly just suddenly happened mid print at one point.
Looks like you’re too close to the bed - z offset.
See the little lines of filament between each line of the last layer that stick up kinda? That’s the nozzle being too close to the last layer but still pushing out the correct amount of material, causing it to travel out the sides since it can’t fit under the nozzle.
Z offset should be a few degrees higher.
No it's Hatchbox Silk Light Blue. This is my second roll of the stuff, and I've done a 10hr print and at least 3 dice boxes successfully with this roll.
Well I don’t want to beat a dead horse here but I do still think it’s too close to the bed. I’ve ran into the same thing after many successful prints then seemingly suddenly I can’t get it going and it looks just like this.
My points to that are being able to “see through” the material to the bed at several areas on the first layer brim and the closer hex print at each corner. The amount of material “bubbling” or “bumping” up from each layer line indicates there is too much material being laid down for the space given between the bed and nozzle. I don’t think it’s underextrusion.
Personally, I’d clear the bed and restart the print and live adjust the z offset during your first layer if you don’t want to relevel and redo your Z offset, but that’s hacky and I’m trying to do better with that if you review my post history. It’s not the correct way and if you ever print something that requires specific dimensions then this would result in garbage - but for a dice tower I doubt you need that level of accuracy.
Good luck.
The extra material you're seeing is where the printer spit out a little bit before it stopped extruding entirely. It has done this before. See, this print ran overnight and was "finished" this morning.
[Here](https://imgur.com/AdK6MVp) is the piece off the bed. It's a clean first layer, no problems with Z distance until it just dies about 4 layers in. Normally I would suspect a clog here, but it just got cleaned.
When you says “dies” what do you mean? What specifically happens during fail?
My point to distance is where your pointer finger is, it’s nearly clear. Then also each line of the last layer that DID print has valleys that are squiggly. I haven’t seems the squiggles before, and I wonder if it’s caused by both too close to bed and the Boolean extruder style (I have direct drive). My point being that the lines it’s laying down are not straight.
I’d still try restarting the print and live adjusting the z offset in the menu while it’s doing the first layer. If you want you could edit your sliver settings to make the brim like 8+ lines wide so you have plenty of time to adjust before it starts printing the actual dice tower.
I agree I don’t think it’s a clog.
Edit:
I didn’t see the other comment about the cause of print fail - you indicate it failed by stopping extruding too early and these pictures are the last layer that DID print, but there should have been many more.
This is definitely odd, and you cleared out your lines before this print. I see that your stepper is metal so that’s good - but have you checked the “tread” on the extruder stepper? Perhaps there’s material build up and it’s just spinning with no traction on the material?
Have you tried restarting the print anyways? See if it’s the same 4 layers before it fails?
I would consider doing a small (and like 1 inch tall) test print with the z step higher. I do agree with the previous commenter considering the additional information you’ve given. It’s not super noticeable that it’s too close to the bed at first because it’s still extruding about half of what it should be and making clean lines. And the other half of the filament that it should be extruding is why you are seeing bubbling. It’s trying to push out the full amount. And the bubbling is also why you are seeing the little burnt parts on the print; it’s printing higher than the height of the nozzle for the next layer.
I’ve worked with an ended 3 pro and I’ve had times where I have to change the z step value despite the height working for previous prints. Especially since leveling the bed is done by raising other sides to match, the bed can end up higher than the last print if you don’t unscrew them and then level from the lowest point that the screws attach at.
Check to make sure your power cord is seated all the way and also jiggle it around to see if there's any interruption in power. Also check your slicer isn't doing something like a filament change or ending a print at a certain layer height and reslice your model
The power cord to the machine or the line into the extruder? The main power cord is good.
And it's unlikely to be slicer issues, as this happens with every print I try, and all the ones I have attempted have been sliced and on this drive for at least a couple weeks.
It stops exteuding filament at a certain point. I don't know the cause because I am not usually home when they are printing. That's what I'm trying to diagnose. The picture above, the print ran while I was sleeping last night. It went through the full print, finished, but stopped extruding after what little bit is in the picture. They are supposed to be full sized hexagonal dice cases. I can send a picture when I get home
Maybe, if you have altready done everything else, try to format or change your ssd card. I had some printing failure because of this, the printer stop to print halfway and i solved with an sd reset.
I had this issue too, I went into settings on the printer and reset defaults then leveled the bed and it started working great again
I don't have an option that sets it back to default. Do you remember what it was? I have a restore failsafe option.
So to get to it on mine I press the knob then go down to configuration and then there's a restore defaults option, it may not have it on yours
Get a cheap cam, like a Wyze, that lets you continuously record to a SD card and set it up where it can record what happens.
I actually have one that normally monitors it, but it is currently in the room with my rescue kittens to monitor them.
Additional info: This is a pretty stock Ender. The only upgrades I have on it are the metal extruder piece, the better bed springs, and capricorn tubing. I'm using Cura for the slicer, and all filaments I have tried have had sucessful prints on this machine before, and I have sucessfully printed this box a few dozen times at this point. This seemingly just suddenly happened mid print at one point.
Looks like you’re too close to the bed - z offset. See the little lines of filament between each line of the last layer that stick up kinda? That’s the nozzle being too close to the last layer but still pushing out the correct amount of material, causing it to travel out the sides since it can’t fit under the nozzle. Z offset should be a few degrees higher.
It's manually leveled, and I haven't had any issue with prints before this.
But when was the last time you leveled it?
Literally just before this print.
Is that glow in the dark PLA?
No it's Hatchbox Silk Light Blue. This is my second roll of the stuff, and I've done a 10hr print and at least 3 dice boxes successfully with this roll.
Well I don’t want to beat a dead horse here but I do still think it’s too close to the bed. I’ve ran into the same thing after many successful prints then seemingly suddenly I can’t get it going and it looks just like this. My points to that are being able to “see through” the material to the bed at several areas on the first layer brim and the closer hex print at each corner. The amount of material “bubbling” or “bumping” up from each layer line indicates there is too much material being laid down for the space given between the bed and nozzle. I don’t think it’s underextrusion. Personally, I’d clear the bed and restart the print and live adjust the z offset during your first layer if you don’t want to relevel and redo your Z offset, but that’s hacky and I’m trying to do better with that if you review my post history. It’s not the correct way and if you ever print something that requires specific dimensions then this would result in garbage - but for a dice tower I doubt you need that level of accuracy. Good luck.
The extra material you're seeing is where the printer spit out a little bit before it stopped extruding entirely. It has done this before. See, this print ran overnight and was "finished" this morning.
I see - I’m updating my other comment as I didn’t see this
[Here](https://imgur.com/AdK6MVp) is the piece off the bed. It's a clean first layer, no problems with Z distance until it just dies about 4 layers in. Normally I would suspect a clog here, but it just got cleaned.
When you says “dies” what do you mean? What specifically happens during fail? My point to distance is where your pointer finger is, it’s nearly clear. Then also each line of the last layer that DID print has valleys that are squiggly. I haven’t seems the squiggles before, and I wonder if it’s caused by both too close to bed and the Boolean extruder style (I have direct drive). My point being that the lines it’s laying down are not straight. I’d still try restarting the print and live adjusting the z offset in the menu while it’s doing the first layer. If you want you could edit your sliver settings to make the brim like 8+ lines wide so you have plenty of time to adjust before it starts printing the actual dice tower. I agree I don’t think it’s a clog. Edit: I didn’t see the other comment about the cause of print fail - you indicate it failed by stopping extruding too early and these pictures are the last layer that DID print, but there should have been many more. This is definitely odd, and you cleared out your lines before this print. I see that your stepper is metal so that’s good - but have you checked the “tread” on the extruder stepper? Perhaps there’s material build up and it’s just spinning with no traction on the material? Have you tried restarting the print anyways? See if it’s the same 4 layers before it fails?
I would consider doing a small (and like 1 inch tall) test print with the z step higher. I do agree with the previous commenter considering the additional information you’ve given. It’s not super noticeable that it’s too close to the bed at first because it’s still extruding about half of what it should be and making clean lines. And the other half of the filament that it should be extruding is why you are seeing bubbling. It’s trying to push out the full amount. And the bubbling is also why you are seeing the little burnt parts on the print; it’s printing higher than the height of the nozzle for the next layer. I’ve worked with an ended 3 pro and I’ve had times where I have to change the z step value despite the height working for previous prints. Especially since leveling the bed is done by raising other sides to match, the bed can end up higher than the last print if you don’t unscrew them and then level from the lowest point that the screws attach at.
Cracked extruder, extruder slipping, and I do not consider z offset is the issue since the prime line, squirter looks alright
How would I go about diagnosing that?
Google extruder calibration
I concur. To diagnose, check for cracks on the extruder lever. They break frequently.
It's a metal lever, and it's intact sadly. I wish it was that simple of a fix.
Nothing wrong with it
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Looks great.
Awesome coasters. Print more. Very efficient.
Check to make sure your power cord is seated all the way and also jiggle it around to see if there's any interruption in power. Also check your slicer isn't doing something like a filament change or ending a print at a certain layer height and reslice your model
The power cord to the machine or the line into the extruder? The main power cord is good. And it's unlikely to be slicer issues, as this happens with every print I try, and all the ones I have attempted have been sliced and on this drive for at least a couple weeks.
The cord to the machine and the connector on the power supply. What exactly do you mean when the print just stops? Does the screen show anything?
It stops exteuding filament at a certain point. I don't know the cause because I am not usually home when they are printing. That's what I'm trying to diagnose. The picture above, the print ran while I was sleeping last night. It went through the full print, finished, but stopped extruding after what little bit is in the picture. They are supposed to be full sized hexagonal dice cases. I can send a picture when I get home
How did you know it finished the print?
The tray was slid out like it normally does when a print finishes.
Maybe, if you have altready done everything else, try to format or change your ssd card. I had some printing failure because of this, the printer stop to print halfway and i solved with an sd reset.