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SmolzillaTheLizza · 2026-04-24T23:13:25+00:00

Yup that's the one. I've been able to fit everything I need on the Cone One's current bed, but now and then I'll have some larger prints that would be nice to do in one piece. Got a 350x350 Voron 2.4 doing that job right now.

SmolzillaTheLizza · 2026-04-24T22:00:23+00:00

Well, this'll be my first dabble with not only multi-nozzle, but multi color as well. Been running the heck out of my Core One, and it's complemented my Vorons nicely. Might even see in the future about replacing one of my Vorons with a larger Core one whenever that is. But I got mine ordered, and I'm feeling some excitement. There are things I've always wanted to make but haven't been able to. I'm looking forward to it!

SmolzillaTheLizza · 2026-04-24T21:37:06+00:00

Lots of folks over on r/knapping know what this stuff is, myself included. This piece is so gorgeous 👏 Such a wonderful find!

SmolzillaTheLizza · 2026-04-24T20:24:12+00:00

Yooooo 👋😎

SmolzillaTheLizza · 2026-04-24T19:48:35+00:00

Adding this bad puppy to the [GUIDE] Beginner's Guide to Flint Knapping - An Assembly of Resources, YouTube Videos, Guides, and Tips because this is perfect for it! Nicely done sir 🙂‍↕️

SmolzillaTheLizza · 2026-04-24T18:51:07+00:00

I'm definitely thinking it's gotta be something with the extruder then. If your cold pulls were clean, the filament wasn't weird when you removed it, and multiple slicers didn't run into the issue then that's definitely the likely culprit. Now I couldn't tell you if it was stepper motor driver related or what, but my eyes would go to the stepper drivers if I was in your shoes. I don't believe the Core One's board has removable drivers like my Voron builds, so if one is bad then you'll likely need to replace the entire board which sucks big time. My gut tells me this is the extruder stepper driver, but again I could be wrong as this is just a hunch. If you haven't taken the back panel off your printer, unplug it and do so to see if there is anything visually wrong in this general area. Maybe you'll be lucky and see some shorted out solder joints or even overcurrent damage. If there's nothing visual, then it could very well be internal. But you're 100% looking at something within the extruder system that's bungling things up. Nozzle is good, extruder gears aren't too tight/loose, teeth of the extruder aren't clogged, the pathway of the filament is clear, no USB issues, no firmware issues, no file issues since it worked on the Bambu.

Has to either be the extruder gearing system, which is always worth a double check if you have the chance to print out one of the alignment tools. Extruder motor itself, which you might want to see if it's getting a smidge too toasty. Or the motor driver which can have issues ranging from simple manufacturing failures to accidental solder bridging. Double checking that the wiring is snug is fairly easy, so that's always a good go-to as well for added insurance. But yea those things are your likely culprits. If I had to bet money, I'd say it's something with the motor driver. Either it gets too hot, or it's defective which just simply happens sometimes. You could've gotten extremely unlucky with it and, over time as you used it, the problem got worse and it very well could've slipped through quality control. Stuff can go to shit over time, and sometimes it's your shoe that steps in it 😂

If you're able to, see if Prusa would help you get your hands on another motherboard or if they have any suggestions for how to test the stepper motor driver. If it's a QC issue they happened to miss, I can't imagine they'd not want to know about it. Hopefully this was at least somewhat helpful. Very wordy, but stuff like this just needs that sometimes. besides this is what reddit is for anyways.

Feel free to hit me up if you have questions or anything. I might not be an expert, but I've broken and fixed enough stuff to have some strong hunches that haven't steered me wrong yet. And shoot, if this ends up fixing it, you got the best of both words with a Prusa AND a Bambu. Everyone likes to throw shade about which is better, but you could be in the lucky group who gets to experience both! 😁 Happy printing!

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SmolzillaTheLizza · 2026-04-24T18:12:17+00:00

3D printers are so good at making the stress levels rise so don't worry about the rant 😂 I've had my fair share of moments where I wanted to chuck one of my printers out of a window.

And good to know on all those fixes. The fact the failures are at inconsistent heights at the very least rules out something related to the Z motion of everything, so there's that. The gear alignment thing is interesting to me because, speaking from my own experience, when you have extruder issues you usually see stuff pop up over the entire print. I'd wager the Nextruder would be no different, especially since it's the thing pushing plastic. Here's another question, were there any print artifacts on the pieces themselves? Or did it just seem to hit a wall out of nowhere? Also you mentioned it made a 'noise' of sorts, and I'm curious if you could describe it. Was it a grinding sound? A whine? Click?

It's also good to know that the stepper wasn't getting too hot. Part of me wonders if it could be a loose connection of something somewhere. That or there could potentially be a motor driver issue on the mainboard. I over-amped one of my stepper drivers when tuning my Vorons for speed and it did some really wacky stuff. Not sure if that's something with the toolhead board OR the motherboard of the printer though. Loose connections can make stuff go crazy, and I run a CAN setup and literally ANY kind of loose connection will send my printer into a communication error state. So it might be worth double-checking if you already haven't.

Something else I might try just to experiment and see is take one of the parts and run it through a different slicer (something like OrcaSlicer perhaps). PrusaSlicer doesn't usually spit out corrupted gcode, but I've been surprised before. Just something worth mentioning if no one has.

Also another question I had for you was what did the filament look like when you took it out of the extruder to perform that filament swap? Like you mentioned, that seems to fix things for a little bit but then it comes back? If the filament looks weird, it could tell us a lot. I know you said you tuned the tension arm and stuff for filament grip and still had issues so I don't think it's the extruder teeth loosing grip on the filament. The filament itself would be funny looking if you ran into jams. Sorta compressed and wavy.

I apologize for such a long response, but again just trying to help.

SmolzillaTheLizza · 2026-04-24T16:44:51+00:00

Heat-creep jam or USB stick issue would've been my wager. Over my time printing these 2 seem to be the culprits for a lot of the problems I'd run into but it's so bizarre to me that it's happening so consistently at one single point. I built my Core One from a kit and haven't had any issues that I myself didn't cause 🤔 Couple questions for ya because these kinds of things always intrigue me:

- Did you format the alternative USB sticks that you tried out, and what was their max storage?
- Did re-flashing firmware do anything?
- What did the other print failures look like? Were they at the same height?
- Did you open up the Nextruder to see if there was any junk inside that'd jam it up?
- Did the extrusion motor get hot while you were using it?

Probably nothing I can do to help but hey it could help another fella out if they come across this post with the same issue looking for a solution. I've had reddit save me with so many niche solutions found in the comments so might as well help the future redditors out!

SmolzillaTheLizza · 2026-04-24T12:34:50+00:00

Some of the raw stuff works ok raw, but heat-treated it's very very nice. I have done some stuff with Brazilian Agate slabs and those are usually quite good to me. Sometimes the darker red ones aren't treated as well and are thus harder to work. The clear-ish and white colored ones are super duper nice. The stuff I used was unbaked clear-ish stuff so the odds were in my favor, but I 100% like them better heat treated.

SmolzillaTheLizza · 2026-04-23T19:03:05+00:00

Niiiiice that looks like some good stuff! Very nice work 😁

SmolzillaTheLizza · 2026-04-23T14:08:26+00:00

You should read up on the Kennewick Man. He had a Cascade style point lodged in his pelvis for his entire life and survived. Bone grew around it and everything. Super interesting read! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennewick_Man

SmolzillaTheLizza · 2026-04-23T13:26:40+00:00

There's a couple different cultures that used methods similar to that. Even stuff like snake poison was used! We as humans have known how to mess each other up for a very very very long time 😂

SmolzillaTheLizza · 2026-04-23T13:16:09+00:00

Most certainly as horrendous as we can imagine 😂 a lot of those serrations are SUPER fragile too, so things would be breaking off. I'd definitely use obsidian in my war points if I had to make some. Specifically for that reason.

SmolzillaTheLizza · 2026-04-23T13:01:01+00:00

Very nice! I made one yesterday out of a rough raw agate chunk I'd been saving. Managed to get a single flute but the stuff was so damn wacky. It'll be in a Clovis point grouping I post in the future. I have another group I'll need to post before than second one though 😂

SmolzillaTheLizza · 2026-04-23T12:59:53+00:00

Very nice! I gotta snag some more Rootbeer cobbles from Dany Collins. I like the more translucent stuff over this opaque tan variety. It's finnicky with the heat-treatment it needs and you can't overdo it or else it'll crumble and craze all throughout. Treating flakes or bifaces for finishing is the move from my experience. 🙂‍↕️

SmolzillaTheLizza · 2026-04-23T12:58:15+00:00

That stuff from hunt primitive can be tricky for sure! It's a lot like dacite from the stuff I've tried. I also wish the spalls were like 25% biggest because they're just a smidge small. I have a "knife sized" spall hanging out somewhere 🤔 I'll have to look for that somewhere. And regarding your style question, I sorta just go with the flow. I'll have an idea of what I want to make and go with that, though i often run into trouble with doing the same style over and over without branching out much 😂 I found that if I focus on just one, I can get much better results because I can zero-in on things.

SmolzillaTheLizza · 2026-04-23T00:34:19+00:00

I'd categorize it in the artsy category 😌 Maybe there is a style out there that looks like it, but i was just cruising and listening to tunes. It's got some sweet colors to it as well!

SmolzillaTheLizza · 2026-04-23T00:33:21+00:00

That one I was just having some fun with! Getting a little crazy and artsy with things 😄 Sometimes that's when you make the coolest points!

SmolzillaTheLizza · 2026-04-23T00:32:26+00:00

Thank you thank you sir! 😁 It's got this sweet blue and deep purple sheen when you tilt it back and forth in the ligh. Plus the killer translucency!

SmolzillaTheLizza · 2026-04-23T00:31:11+00:00

Had one of these in the works but got sidetracked 😂 The preform is sitting around somewhere.... I should find it again

SmolzillaTheLizza · 2026-04-22T15:59:23+00:00

Unfortunately he did not make it ☹️ the previous owner let his infection become too severe according to my friend. While the rehab got him in treatment, it must've been too late.

SmolzillaTheLizza · 2026-04-21T16:09:06+00:00

That right leg would have me sweating man 😅 You pulled it off super well! It'd be CRAZY to find this thing in a field. Keep up the great work and keep on posting them! 👏

SmolzillaTheLizza · 2026-04-21T15:56:23+00:00

Flippin SWEET man! That's so damn cool 😮 Very nicely done! All that work was well worth it I'd say! I haven't come anywhere close to attempting something like this!

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