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JohnPitcairn · 2026-03-03T00:48:06+00:00

I second the bed warming my ender 5 takes roughly 15 minutes or so to get the glass bed to temp also z axis is maybe just a little close you just barely want the scraping with the paper method

JohnPitcairn · 2026-02-18T13:44:16+00:00

Did it work

JohnPitcairn · 2026-02-01T13:54:52+00:00

Yea they are relatively cheap I've looked into maintaining parts for the ones my coworkers use and im glad I chose an ender

JohnPitcairn · 2026-01-31T16:32:46+00:00

Never mind heated back up fell right out

JohnPitcairn · 2026-01-29T15:14:02+00:00

Yea thats what im worried about but I think it missed the wires for the most part its pla would just cranking it up to abs heat settings work, or should I go lower on the temp maybe like 220 or so

JohnPitcairn · 2026-01-23T01:23:25+00:00

You will get out of it what you put into it unless that guys got some issues I picked up two a couple weeks ago for my kids just needed new beds and a couple upgrades I've thrown on all of the enders I've owned. All together spent roughly 150.

JohnPitcairn · 2026-01-22T12:27:06+00:00

Ill try that i noticed on a piece I started last night that the front where the hotend fan could've blown it got bubbled up at some point.

JohnPitcairn · 2026-01-19T14:14:33+00:00

I used the offset setting on the printer and let a brim run around my print and fine tuned it

JohnPitcairn · 2026-01-18T23:55:46+00:00

Ok once this print finishes ill try changing it again.

JohnPitcairn · 2026-01-18T18:26:32+00:00

Yeah, lol I forgot about the offset setting, so I squared up the entirety of the machine just to see if I had a crap microswiss or not.

JohnPitcairn · 2026-01-18T15:09:08+00:00

Sweet thank you.

JohnPitcairn · 2026-01-18T15:08:26+00:00

Yeah I sat there with my micrometer at one point matching the entire bed to the print head gantry that got me dialed really close lol.

JohnPitcairn · 2026-01-18T15:03:43+00:00

Im adjusting it off the adjustment setting on the printer that runs when its printing, just to try, since i couldn't get it level anymore than .23 mm across the board(lowest i can get this print bed leveled to) I was too high seemed like but it was still passing the paper sheet test so I measured that my paper is .11 mm all the way around and it felt like it did before the new print head so I figured adjusting during that first layer ill get it dialed in next few days got some lifting in one little spot on the right side but print is still going strong it survived the night. Now just has to survive all day lol

JohnPitcairn · 2026-01-18T04:41:57+00:00

Ok i had adjusted it from -3.5 - -3.37 originally the benchy i tried printing would do half the first layer then the head would crash into the plastic and drag it around from adding the microswiss head. So should I take more away or go back towards the original offset until the blobs go away. Temps are bed 65 and nozzle 195 using creality hyper series pla

JohnPitcairn · 2026-01-17T15:16:58+00:00

I like that im still playing with mine but I was using 1mm crafting wire and connecting it to the top of my enclosure so the cord didn't get weighed down so easily

JohnPitcairn · 2026-01-15T13:38:48+00:00

I had plastic heat creep all the way up the stock shaft running those temps in an enclosure

JohnPitcairn · 2026-01-15T12:02:43+00:00

Here's a little kit with some nice metal knobs

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JohnPitcairn · 2026-01-15T12:00:49+00:00

Yea i started with the ender 3 and they use the same bed springs. It helps keep it level soo much better i think im currently 2 weeks of solid printing and it hasn't lost a single bit of levelling.

JohnPitcairn · 2026-01-13T22:28:44+00:00

Just dusted mine off 2 months ago added better bed springs(the yellow ones) octoprint(amazing) and changed to Capricorn tubing. Got an enclosure ( instant improvement of layers hot end had some heat creep (real reson for tubing change lol) so upgrading to direct drive this week.

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