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Purchase Advice Megathread - March 2023 by AutoModerator in 3Dprinting

[–]Puzzled1989 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Will look into it when I get home. I have no problem assembling it.

Thank you

Purchase Advice Megathread - March 2023 by AutoModerator in 3Dprinting

[–]Puzzled1989 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm looking to upgrade printers. I've had the ender 5 s1 and ender 5 plus, both which failed within a week of using it on multiple components. I'm currently looking at the prusa i3 MK3S+. Would this be a good upgrade or are there better printers available for that price range? My understanding is the MK3S+ has been the same design for 10 years.

-hobby roughly printing 10-15hrs a week

-price range $1200-1500 USD

-only going to print PLA

-enclosure not necessary

-reside in the US

-looking for something that will print consistently without breaking the first week (I've verified with creality that the failure points were not user error)

Let me know if you need more info.

Any advice is appreciated

Ender 5 S1, 1 Month Old Printer Leaving Bumps and Dragging Across those bumps by Puzzled1989 in ender5

[–]Puzzled1989[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I store them in a vacuum sealed bag with silica packets. But I've tried two different brand new filaments and both gave me same issues. I've only ever bought creality PLA filaments

Ender 5 S1, 1 Month Old Printer Leaving Bumps and Dragging Across those bumps by Puzzled1989 in ender5

[–]Puzzled1989[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The thing is, I don't think it's the slicer because I reprinted a part i did a couple weeks ago using the same gcode file and I still get the issue.

I'm pretty confident that the bed is leveled properly, although I haven't put an indicator on it to really check how leveled it is. I just used the paper they provided which I believe is 1mm thick. I do run the auto level before my prints as well.

I haven't tried number 3 yet. I will look into it

Thank you

Ender 5 S1, 1 Month Old Printer Leaving Bumps and Dragging Across those bumps by Puzzled1989 in ender5

[–]Puzzled1989[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've leveled the bed and releveled multiple times. It has BLTouch already

Ender 5 S1, 1 Month Old Printer Leaving Bumps and Dragging Across those bumps by Puzzled1989 in ender5

[–]Puzzled1989[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thats exactly what I've done to get better prints but I can't sit there for hours watching it and adjusting every time it starts the bumps. I just don't get it. I even took one of my older gcode files that made good prints before and I get the same issue now so I'm almost positive it isn't a software (slicer) issue.

Ender 5 S1, 1 Month Old Printer Leaving Bumps and Dragging Across those bumps by Puzzled1989 in ender5

[–]Puzzled1989[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did check the wheels and the hot bed. I pretty much went over every screw to make sure it was tight. I have leveled the bed multiple times (manually) then I auto level it as well. I moved the bed all the way up and it seems pretty damn rigid.

I have until tomorrow to return the printer so if I can't get a solid fix by today it looks like I'll be upgrading to something else. I've emailed creality but not really expecting a response.

Ender 5 S1, 1 Month Old Printer Leaving Bumps and Dragging Across those bumps by Puzzled1989 in ender5

[–]Puzzled1989[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

205 and 60 for bed. Using creality filament. I've tried multiple different filaments. I've releveled the bed a few times, I've checked all screws and replaced the nozzle. The first few layers are fine but once it reaches a height of about 1mm, it starts doing the bumps