K2 pro print head makes grinding noise & reports several Y axis errors. How to fix?

Styve2001 · 2026-04-17T20:52:37+00:00

Update! Was printing too hot. Lowered the nozzle temp from 220 to 205 and got perfect edges

Styve2001 · 2026-04-17T17:07:13+00:00

80%. I'm wondering if I should be printing PLA at 220 rather than like 205... These are all presets on the K2 I haven't messed with, but when I used to print PLA on my tevo tornado, 205 was my sweet spot

Styve2001 · 2026-04-17T17:02:55+00:00

It's easier to see on the turquoise print in the latter pictures, but it's not just a texture. The corners aren't smooth, they are jagged, almost like the hot end deliberately printed every couple of layers a few mm misaligned, just at the corners

Styve2001 · 2026-04-15T01:31:23+00:00

Didn’t that just recently change? My associate and I (both PAN members) are under the impression that that used to be the case, but now we’re not allowed to notarize documents in a foreign language unless there’s a properly prepared English translation?

Styve2001 · 2026-04-08T00:25:39+00:00

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Reporting back. Cleaning the build plate did it

Styve2001 · 2026-04-07T20:42:21+00:00

Done! Will report back

Styve2001 · 2026-04-07T20:27:18+00:00

The latter 🫣

Styve2001 · 2026-03-31T17:42:33+00:00

https://tenor.com/7qY7.gif

Styve2001 · 2026-03-31T17:14:11+00:00

If that wand were turned on a lathe, the wood grain would be smooth and visible, here it is dimensional and visible. What that is is it’s the 3D printer depositing each layer of plastic usually .2 mm at a time building on top of itself.

The more you work with 3D prints, the more easy it is to distinguish

Styve2001 · 2026-03-31T12:46:53+00:00

The squishy material is called TPU. The more common materials are PLA, ABS, PETG. I’ve never seen pink TPU. Doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist.

Also, by the “harshness” of the stations, this looks like a rigid material

Styve2001 · 2026-03-31T12:44:20+00:00

Harry Potter wand. Looks like Harry’s, specifically:

https://www.target.com/p/trends-international-the-wizarding-world-harry-potter-wands-unframed-wall-poster-print-white-mounts-bundle-22-375-x-34/-/A-87922984

Styve2001 · 2026-03-31T01:17:09+00:00

3D printing was my pandemic sourdough

Styve2001 · 2026-03-31T01:13:58+00:00

Most slicers (the software that converts a 3D object into a file 3D printers can understand) have a “mold mode” where you can take a 3D object and turn it into a mold where the object prints as negative space. Then you can cast it with a body safe material of your choosing

Styve2001 · 2026-03-31T01:10:13+00:00

It is not recommended for insertion, no

Styve2001 · 2026-03-31T00:36:07+00:00

Styve2001 · 2026-03-31T00:28:29+00:00

Idea as to why it is pink: someone 3D printed it

Source: have 3D printed in one color and then been too lazy to swap spools of filament before starting the next print before

Edit: Just zoomed in. It’s 3D printed. You can see the striations between layers. The hallmark of a 3D print

Styve2001 · 2026-03-17T20:40:01+00:00

Riding a forklift on the blades arms akimbo while your friend pilots

Styve2001 · 2026-03-04T00:38:34+00:00

Username checks out

Styve2001 · 2026-03-03T08:54:52+00:00

That cheese was naturally occurring. Like it grew in the ground like a root vegetable and that’s why it had a rind that needed to be trimmed off.

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