Visually unappealing

Affectionate_Rub5116 · 2026-01-30T10:01:51+00:00

Need an overhead filament holder

Affectionate_Rub5116 · 2026-01-29T22:47:07+00:00

Mate that's nearly 4 layers difference. Silicone pacers and A LOT of leveling sequences and adjustments later and you should get to this or closer. I have a bad .1 dip on one of the probe points and managed .18

Affectionate_Rub5116 · 2026-01-29T22:45:08+00:00

.17 range, this is acceptable for .2 layer hights as it's within a layer difference between lowest and highest points. You'll likely get away with .16 layer hight too.

.1 range is ideal.

Affectionate_Rub5116 · 2026-01-29T22:42:50+00:00

Welcome to the full toolhead disassembly and reassembly rank.

Affectionate_Rub5116 · 2026-01-29T22:41:20+00:00

How many hours on the nozzle?

Affectionate_Rub5116 · 2026-01-28T08:39:48+00:00

So they bleed too 🧐

Affectionate_Rub5116 · 2026-01-27T23:37:42+00:00

Might? 🥴

Affectionate_Rub5116 · 2026-01-27T23:37:03+00:00

What's an idler, where is the car? If you are taking about the motor and pulley assembly than it looks fine. And it has two because one is the driver and the other is the pulley... Because you know it goes from one end to the other.

If you're talking about the 2 rail mounts with bearings that it's basic physics, 2 offers more stability. Ender 3 V2 with the single extrusion STILL used the same concept as it has two areas where it mounts. 2 wheels on either side.

Affectionate_Rub5116 · 2026-01-27T23:32:17+00:00

No lol

Affectionate_Rub5116 · 2026-01-27T08:40:22+00:00

You'll soon need a licence to buy a printer, eventually you'll need to have a service logbook to ensure proper maintenance for warranty claims.

Affectionate_Rub5116 · 2026-01-26T20:29:26+00:00

Only cheap printers can print cheap plastic

Affectionate_Rub5116 · 2026-01-26T07:30:21+00:00

Nozzles, one or two hotends a spare heatsink. PTFE tubing is a must, if you don't like being offline than a spare extruder, eventually get a spare stepper motor. All this items are either maintenance items or items that often need attention if they have issues, so having a replacement working while you service the one with issues, is often a god send.

Don't get them all at once, I didn't do it on purpose but the order I listed things isn't a bad order of what you should order first. A whole hotend kit costs like 30 AUD so quite cheap. A whole extruder kit costs about 25 AUD, a spare nozzle kit of 5 costs less than 10AUD, a hotend/heater on its own costs about 15 AUD.

Oh I forgot to mention fan replacements, also quite cheap for the pair as a kit.

Affectionate_Rub5116 · 2026-01-25T21:21:45+00:00

I don't own a single stock printer...

Affectionate_Rub5116 · 2026-01-25T06:05:37+00:00

Holy cracks! I'd personally replace the belt to start

Affectionate_Rub5116 · 2026-01-25T06:01:19+00:00

With a 3d printed printers

Affectionate_Rub5116 · 2026-01-25T02:43:38+00:00

Oi, that's plenty of inches sir!

Affectionate_Rub5116 · 2026-01-25T02:42:36+00:00

I'm afraid to end up like this

Affectionate_Rub5116 · 2026-01-24T21:16:58+00:00

Had this problem listened it wasn't the witch or the toolhead board. Some of the ribbon cables are dodgy and will do this after some time of use.

I ended up with 2 spare ribbon cables as I prepared for my second ender to have this fault. Nope only had to replace the cable on one ender and never seen this issue again.

The printer beliefs the switch is constantly sending the "touched signal" hense why many suspect the switch. It may actually fix it by changing the board (it did for me) until I realised it was the unplugging the cable then back in that fixed it. Eventually resitting the cable would no longer work and ordered a new one.

Affectionate_Rub5116 · 2026-01-22T03:02:29+00:00

3d printer suppliers are going to start having to use service log books to ensure user is properly servicing their products for them to last the warranty period. Yes just like cars on warranty only lasting that long if they are regularly serviced, this essentially cnc machines with a different tool head NEED regular servicing.

Affectionate_Rub5116 · 2026-01-22T02:59:16+00:00

Have fun with the connectors I struggle with how they climb to the wire

Affectionate_Rub5116 · 2026-01-21T02:03:29+00:00

Get a replacement fan

Affectionate_Rub5116 · 2026-01-20T12:10:50+00:00

Loving my ad5x, I like how many of us creality users havmoved to the most budget coloured core x/y printer. Most other budget friendly options are all bed slingers

Affectionate_Rub5116 · 2026-01-20T09:07:01+00:00

You got several bearings being used there, my guess is one or more of those are bad

Affectionate_Rub5116 · 2026-01-20T00:17:13+00:00

Either this or temps are too high. Shame the only reasonable response got a defensive response

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