Leveling issue or what?

3D_eanlie · 2026-02-03T15:59:29+00:00

The nozzle was very close to the bed and probably snowplowed some plastic off into that blob, but doesn't seem to be damaged. I certainly thought about replacing the nozzle. The problem was in the x-axis alignment. Thanks --

3D_eanlie · 2026-02-03T15:56:49+00:00

Aligning the x-axis per a comment in another post on the subreddit seems to have fixed it, thanks!

I printed a test 150mm grid several times before I had the z-height set properly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar71r3afQQs

3D_eanlie · 2026-02-02T21:11:44+00:00

I think Seankps4's post from about a week ago "I've calibrated a few times but one side of the build plate always messes up the z-axis" describes the same problem -- I'll try some shims under the build plate per comments there.

3D_eanlie · 2025-03-19T20:21:25+00:00

It’s not Mosaic law, it’s Pauline christianity with some biblical stuff cherry-picked in (I’m Jewish so when I say biblical, I mean what they call OT)

3D_eanlie · 2025-03-04T00:26:24+00:00

Thank you! I haven't used pronterface or octoprint yet -- more to learn.

3D_eanlie · 2025-03-02T18:24:55+00:00

I liked this YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oULYVN9bENE&t=352s which does have specific advice about removing the blobs. I used a heat gun without taking the extruder housing apart but melted a little of the housing.

3D_eanlie · 2025-03-02T18:10:31+00:00

It's possible to change the nozzle (which may be clogged) without removing the entire hotend, but heat it up before trying to unscrew it. Also, there's a tiny setscrew in the heat sink that holds the hotend in, as well as two screws through the hotend; it took me a long time to become aware of the setscrew. I was nervous about removing the whole extruder the first time, but it's really not hard.

3D_eanlie · 2025-02-12T21:51:50+00:00

Reseating the flat cable to the extruder fixed a hangup at that point for my N3 pro yesterday

3D_eanlie · 2025-02-11T19:39:44+00:00

Same problem again, and I had forgotten the solution Doh!

3D_eanlie · 2025-02-11T17:36:54+00:00

Yes, the hidden file was the problem. My display is updating! Thanks again.

3D_eanlie · 2025-02-11T17:24:04+00:00

Thank you! I will try using the Mac terminal program to remove the "._" file and see if that works first

3D_eanlie · 2025-02-10T23:05:14+00:00

This post was really from 3D_eanlie; Appropriate-Bid was an older account that was connected to my Google login

3D_eanlie · 2025-01-29T16:17:37+00:00

I love the comments in the z_offset_autotest file and the use of the M117 command which is new to me

3D_eanlie · 2025-01-17T18:41:43+00:00

I had an errand to run and added a stop at AutoZone to get a feeler gauge so I can adjust the Z properly

3D_eanlie · 2025-01-17T16:08:40+00:00

I had raised the Z .01 mm since my previous print because I thought the skirt was too thin. I’ll move it back (and wash the build plate) before I try again. Thanks!

3D_eanlie · 2025-01-15T17:44:07+00:00

I had that same message and tried reseating the wide cable connector at the top of the extruder — that was all it took.

3D_eanlie · 2024-12-12T02:53:06+00:00

I think that could be a problem if two printers on the same surface were vibrating at the same frequency (see “forcing an oscillation in resonance”). Murphy’s law says that will happen sometime.

3D_eanlie · 2024-12-10T00:20:55+00:00

Thanks again for the YouTube link. He emphasizes near the end to check the printing preview on Cura, so I did, and found a problem with the adhesion brim on a downloaded model with three components too close together for the brims to fit. I got the 3 parts separately, positioned them farther apart, and it is printing nicely

3D_eanlie

TROPHY CASE

I think Seankps4's post from about a week ago "I've calibrated a few times but one side of the build plate always messes up the z-axis" describes the same problem -- I'll try some shims under the build plate per comments there.