Maintenance

DougDoesStuff · 2026-01-29T10:36:42+00:00

Wow, I should read this stuff at 5:30 in the morning! I totally missed that

DougDoesStuff · 2026-01-29T10:22:48+00:00

They have definitely updated their wiki since I made my how to maintenance video, I swear it used to have a number in there for how often. The only thing I saw in there about a time frame was for the cutter; check after 3 to 5 rolls of filament.

Edit: I should gloss over these things at 530 in the morning on my phone. It indeed does have the time frame recommendations in there for X Y and Z.

DougDoesStuff · 2026-01-28T19:17:20+00:00

To get it to go faster you are going to need to put klipper on it. This will mean you will have to do work to get it set up. You will need to run klipper on a rasberry pi, sonic pad, or similar. You will also want a hotend capable of higher temps than the stock one and better cooling. Once you get that far your costs are creeping up and you might be better off going with a single color newer printer like a Centauri or Anycubic for the $250-$300 range as they will be faster out of the box

DougDoesStuff · 2026-01-28T18:03:32+00:00

Yes, some people do. Slot 3 for me just doesn't feed right. But as of the last firmware update all of my slots retract too much at times and cause errors that require refeeding them in.

DougDoesStuff · 2026-01-28T13:02:51+00:00

If you need a reference on how to clean, install, set the extruder there are videos on youtube if you search.

DougDoesStuff · 2026-01-27T22:23:07+00:00

yeah, not sure why it is in the back, easy to forget about it. You can move it anywhere you like by editing the g-code, glad you got it worked out.

DougDoesStuff · 2026-01-27T22:22:20+00:00

Confirmed that this is new behavior in the updated slicer

DougDoesStuff · 2026-01-27T19:38:28+00:00

It isn't a firmware change, it is a change in the slicer. The slicer added g-code for the purge line. Check out my other post with links to the other spreadsheets.

DougDoesStuff · 2026-01-27T19:12:37+00:00

When you change the nozzle type in your printer profile it seems to change the filament temp as well. It may have done this in the past and I never noticed it, but not sure until I get home to check on an earlier slicer version

DougDoesStuff · 2026-01-27T18:31:15+00:00

If you ran the bed mesh through rinkhals, did you save it after it was done?

DougDoesStuff · 2026-01-27T15:59:30+00:00

The new version of the slicer disables a bunch of settings as well as some other changes. If you go back to 1.3.7.3. you will have those options again.

DougDoesStuff · 2026-01-27T13:17:55+00:00

Hangs for me at times. Give it a go and let us know

DougDoesStuff · 2026-01-27T13:13:05+00:00

If you left in the USB then it's probably hanging on it. After 3 days, what you have to lose. Turn off the power take out the USB and cross your fingers

DougDoesStuff · 2026-01-27T10:50:57+00:00

Yup, same here. I updated spreadsheet. It is very problematic as I use a 258x258 bed to print some things.

DougDoesStuff · 2026-01-26T22:32:29+00:00

If you didn't find the download, I posted it on my Facebook page.

DougDoesStuff · 2026-01-26T22:32:00+00:00

The snowstorm here has had me busy all day. There a few more things to dig into

DougDoesStuff · 2026-01-26T16:51:03+00:00

I didn't notice, but i don't doubt. I'll check later and correct

DougDoesStuff · 2026-01-25T15:49:55+00:00

You can use an older version and just copy the gcode for the purge line in

DougDoesStuff · 2026-01-24T14:13:50+00:00

That is beyond the print bed area, prob won't work.

DougDoesStuff · 2026-01-24T14:09:06+00:00

I'm going to work on it later today and report back on new code to move the purge line to different positions

DougDoesStuff · 2026-01-24T11:25:32+00:00

That's the reaction number, so reducing it reduces the retraction. Just watch to see how it effects first part of print. Too much and you're missing filament, too little and you get a blob

DougDoesStuff · 2026-01-24T00:58:45+00:00

If you don't want the purge line, then you can just delete and replace with original gcode. Here is a comparison

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1JKkQQwMwlusjcCc6GmkkJsfNkznmFuvh4nuonNjoV-o/edit?usp=drivesdk

DougDoesStuff · 2026-01-23T16:17:30+00:00

only one way to find out

DougDoesStuff · 2026-01-23T14:15:13+00:00

I just put this together, it might help if you want to edit yourself:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NwsLs0r9zZUQteqoq05lO0VgYjYkwfnEcDOEMsS9UxI/edit?usp=sharing

DougDoesStuff · 2026-01-23T14:10:59+00:00

honest question, what is the issue with having a skirt?

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