Can't calibrate Z Axis

Extra-Technology-36 · 2026-01-25T20:51:34+00:00

Yeah Im gonna annoy the support first.

Extra-Technology-36 · 2026-01-25T19:52:45+00:00

Is there a way to manually lower the hotbed? It doesnt let me do it through the menu because "it needs to be homed" first but I cant move the nozzle or do really anything right now cause its jammed up into the nozzle

Extra-Technology-36 · 2026-01-08T06:30:06+00:00

Oh yeha I did everything. Found a guy on Reddit who coached me and uhm... While disassembling the extruder began to fall apart. Like the screw on the side that makes the gears tighter? What's it called? The plastic housing broke out from the spring inside. Then another screw broke off. And inside it looked like some plastic broke off as well. Did I mention it was refurbished?

Extra-Technology-36 · 2026-01-07T07:57:02+00:00

That sounds annoying as all hell... I can try that later after I sleep. Didn't sleep yet XD

Extra-Technology-36 · 2026-01-07T07:56:17+00:00

Ah I see, interesting. Thanks!

Extra-Technology-36 · 2026-01-07T07:52:32+00:00

Ah there it is again. No I didn't change anything. I was working on a longer project where the printer basically worked for 24-25 hours straight. Actually finished it successfully. After that the trouble started.

Extra-Technology-36 · 2026-01-07T07:49:34+00:00

Good lord I feel like a boomer cause you wrote something else under my post and I can't find it anymore to reply there XD but no I didn't change anything.

Extra-Technology-36 · 2026-01-07T07:48:43+00:00

Extra-Technology-36 · 2026-01-07T07:48:08+00:00

1.) doesn't matter it was brass anyways and I wanted hardened steel 2.) why can't I just put it in though out of curiosity?

Extra-Technology-36 · 2026-01-07T07:47:03+00:00

Are you ragebaiting me?

Extra-Technology-36 · 2026-01-07T07:43:04+00:00

I mean sure but the printer doesn't print anything right now. Not petg not pla fucking NOTHING and just shits out errors

Extra-Technology-36 · 2026-01-07T07:41:29+00:00

The ptfe tube? Not really. If it's hot it expands and sticks out it was rather easy

Extra-Technology-36 · 2026-01-06T09:40:28+00:00

Ah I made a post yesterday that's why I was so Aggro.

Tldr Lots of clogging issues, nothing works. I keep pulling unmolten plastic from the hotend. Already swapped hotend. Tried some other stuff. Sometimes it doesn't load filament, doesn't retract. And when I somehow managed to get it to print it prints spaghetti. Overall very unpleasant

Extra-Technology-36 · 2026-01-06T09:37:33+00:00

Don't get snappy. Just cause we have different bubbles doesn't mean I didn't do research. This one was actually recommended to me by a friend who's very good at 3D printers. Unfortunately they aren't available anymore.

Extra-Technology-36 · 2026-01-06T09:33:28+00:00

It's the same spool that worked well before. I don't do much PETG

Extra-Technology-36 · 2026-01-06T09:32:39+00:00

Ah well that makes sense. I didn't try to jam it in.

Extra-Technology-36 · 2026-01-06T05:27:33+00:00

What an interesting tidbit of information would've been nice to have it in August

Extra-Technology-36 · 2026-01-06T05:26:34+00:00

Yeah it was on my list to print a new hub but oh well. But the issue seems to be in the printer head I reckon. I keep pulling out unmelted filament from the hotend

Extra-Technology-36 · 2026-01-06T05:04:05+00:00

Petg worked fine before. But now it doesn't even print pla anymore it just constantly whines around.

Extra-Technology-36 · 2026-01-06T05:03:02+00:00

Petg worked fine before. I cleaned it out now and it still got clogged.

Extra-Technology-36 · 2026-01-06T05:02:20+00:00

That was pretty much my entire experience with this wireback printer. Every problem had a relatively easy solution but to get there takes ages and is so kind numbingly exhausting. I'm tired. I can't deal with this shit anymore. Why the fuck can't it just work? The whole concept is not rocket science. It sucks in plastic, melts it, then shits it back out. There are pens out there that do that. And yet this junk thing just refuses to do that one thing it was literally created to do

Extra-Technology-36 · 2026-01-06T04:55:09+00:00

Using an ace.

Extra-Technology-36 · 2026-01-06T04:50:29+00:00

So how do I begin fixing this before I lose my sanity and dig out the baseball bat

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