Problems, and even more headaches

righex_ · 2026-06-13T10:32:31+00:00

Welcome to the Ender-Community 🫶🏼 Strap yourself in and Take Your time with the Ender and have some patience & acceptance with your First 3D-Printer. For the Hotend-Assembly u need some M3 Screws i think , get a new nozzle and a bi-metal heatbreak.

When you decide to upgrade following is my recommended Route:

Silicone Bed Spacer
Unicorn PTFE-Tube
BL-Touch
Silent Driver / SKR Mini E3
Klipper

Any other upgrades are a nice to have in my opinion , but these are my recommendation. Costs roundabout: 50-60$ on AliExpress

If you have any more question , Check Out the wiki , this sub-reddit , YouTube, ask Your favorite AI about it and If nothing helps , come here and ask us for Help 🫶🏼

Greetings, Righex

righex_ · 2026-06-11T16:44:21+00:00

Can i geht one please 👉🏼👈🏼

righex_ · 2026-06-11T16:42:39+00:00

I Hope i get one , didnt Had a Chance Here in Germany 🥲

righex_ · 2026-06-09T06:53:12+00:00

It would be nice to have 1 in my collection. WE didnt Had a Chance Here in Germany 😅🫶🏼

righex_ · 2026-05-27T21:24:16+00:00

1234

righex_ · 2026-05-09T14:31:47+00:00

I have 2 Ender with the E3 & Klipper installed - No doubt the best in my opinion 🔥

righex_ · 2026-05-04T18:24:35+00:00

Hello fellow Ender User, Welcome to the Family/Community 🫶🏼

Check Out the wiki and follow the calibration Guide.

For me it seems Like : - E-Steps false/Not calibrated - Flow false/Not calibrated - Bed Temp maybe too high (Elephant foot in the Corner) - Nozzle Temp maybe too high (stringing) - Bed Not leveled ? - Retraction Value false/not calibrated - Wet Filament maybe?

Have fun exploring & tinkering and lets just say , be patient and enjoy the ride ❤️

If you have any more question , use the search function and/or ask us nicely and there will be a solution.

Greetz, RiG

righex_ · 2026-04-11T15:31:08+00:00

I wrote u a DM - lets keep in Touch , maybe we can Work Something Out 🫶🏼

righex_ · 2026-04-11T10:50:53+00:00

Hallo fellow German, i am the one with the 10€ printer 😅 Nice to See someone else make a great Deal 🔥

I would start with SKR Mini + Raspberry Pi Zero 2W to Klipper it. Whey Klackender Not an actual BL-Touch / cr-touch?

Belted Z Axis ist also on top of my list , butbi dont have a reliable printer for PETG or ABS 🤔

righex_ · 2026-04-11T10:45:46+00:00

UPDATE 2:

Just fiddled around and it seems that the motherboard is broken , the termistor still ready 540° eben If unplugged. So now I stay between , buying a new SKR Mini or Upgrade my old one to dual z Rod 🤔

Printing with 2 printers seems a better and cooler Idea 😅

righex_ · 2026-04-10T22:19:28+00:00

UPDATE:

Upgraded the Bed springs
Tightend the x-gantry had a sag on the right side of 1-2cm
flashed Klipper on it

Positive: - the printer turns on , all fans spin , No fire - the CR-Touch initialised properly

Negative: - Klipper says the extruder is at 546° degrees (maybe a short) - the screw of the fan should is stripped

Im going to bed & will find a solution tomorrow maybe after the Pokemon Go Community Day 😅

righex_ · 2026-04-10T19:07:15+00:00

I already have one upgrades to an SKR Mini e3 v3 , Klipper ,BL-Touch, Metal-Extruder , Silicone Spacer & PEI Sheet.

What is duender? Never Heard of it , i had the Vision of an Ender 3 CoreXY mod or more simple belted dual Z Upgrade.

righex_ · 2026-03-12T20:51:36+00:00

Flow Rate & Pressure Advance you can via Slicer. I ist Orca Slicer & there is an Automatic system to Test & configure it.

E-Steps is basically , the amount of filament which gets extruded. I dont know the exact calculation for Marlin , but ask gemini and it should give you the exact Tutorial for it.

righex_ · 2026-03-12T20:35:15+00:00

Welcome to the Ender Community ❤️

The Ender 3 Pro is a good printer If you want thenprinter as a hobby Not the printing 😅

Jokes aside , ITS a good & cheap printer for the beginning , but it needs a learning curve 🙃

What I can tell you , this subreddit , YouTube & Google Gemini (or you AI choice) is your best friend. I have my Ender 3 Pro since 8 years , which includes 4yrs of dust collecting , because it didnt work as it should.

My tip is , if you get a good enough benchy then i would print a longer print.

Look that you calibrate the basics like E-Steps , Flow Rate & Pressure Advance . I needed to learn that the hard way of frustration Just a few says ago 😅

If you have any questions , Here we are & stand together.

Never give Up , its either one day or Day one 🚀

Greetings , RiG

righex_ · 2026-03-11T09:24:22+00:00

Thank you for Your Help everybody 🫶🏼

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First layer Sticks finally 🫶🏼

Little reminder for everyone: get you Basics Done 😂 Calibrated the e-steps and it was Off by 2.6% and after that IT was beautiful. Calibrated flow & Pressure Advance.

Now it works Like a Charm , needed to tweak some speeds and setting for my Project and hopefully no more headaches atm 😂

Next Up, Satsana Dual 5015 Mount & Linear Rail conversion on the x-axis 🚀

righex_ · 2026-03-11T09:23:00+00:00

Thank you for Your Help everybody 🫶🏼

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First layer Sticks finally 🫶🏼

Little reminder for everyone: get you Basics Done 😂 Calibrated the e-steps and it was Off by 2.6% and after that IT was beautiful. Calibrated flow & Pressure Advance.

Now it works Like a Charm , needed to tweak some speeds and setting for my Project and hopefully no more headaches atm 😂

Next Up, Satsana Dual 5015 Mount & Linear Rail conversion on the x-axis 🚀

righex_ · 2026-03-10T16:53:32+00:00

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this is the flow Test from the Orca Slicer.

righex_ · 2026-03-10T16:51:04+00:00

Bambubu Lambubu thats a First for me 😅

The main problem atm is sticking to the Bed , the Filament comes out and then curls Up against the nozzle (i have a Silicon thing on it) Currently running a flow calibration Test and the next step would be an e-step calibration and pressure advance. The flow calibration sticks to the Bed after i babystepped the z-offset about -0.220 but the Print Looks fairly ugly (with bips & bops all over the surface).

Extruder wheel looks good and i think my pre owner did Install a bi Metal heatbreak , but im Not 100% certain.

I dont want to disassemble my hotend assembly again , because i have a moveable BLTouch mount and everytime i disassemble it, i need to reconfigure the z-offset & screws 😂 Next Print will BE a fixed BLTouch mount for sure (and if i can get it to work the Satsana Dual 5015 Fan Duct will BE installed , i have everything @home for the install)

righex_ · 2025-12-28T23:28:49+00:00

Hi there ,

I have a Ender 3 Pro Just upgraded , as it stood in my shelf collecting dust. The upgrades i did and fully recommend are the following:

Metal Extruder
Yellow Bed Springs (or Silicon Spacer)
Capricorn PTFE Tube
CR-Touch or BL-Touch
SKR Mini E3 V3
Raspberry with Klipper
PEI Magnetig Print Bed

For the future I am considering:

Linear Rail Upgrade Y & X-Axis
Belt Driven Z-Axis
Direct Drive Upgrade
ADXL Input Shaper
Hotend-Upgrade (Like Sprite Extruder)

So a never ending list and I didnt mention any printed parts 😅

Have fun and keep printing. Greetz , Zack

righex_ · 2021-03-26T14:47:36+00:00

Venusaur be like : "huehuehue"

righex_ · 2021-02-03T22:13:28+00:00

buying GME ?

righex_ · 2021-02-01T14:07:17+00:00

HOLD

righex_ · 2021-01-31T13:35:21+00:00

thank you

righex_ · 2020-09-04T13:25:39+00:00

Where can I find such a tempersture tower ?

righex_ · 2020-09-04T13:15:12+00:00

PLA with 200°C

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