Grinding – My filament is being chipped away by the extruder gear! What to do?

  If your filament is getting eaten up by the gear before it enters the extruder channel to be heated up (AKA “grinding”), the most likely cause is an entirely or partially clogged extruder.  If this is the case you will need to consult the tips on “How to fix a clogged extruder”.  If the […]

Elephant foot – deformity where print touches the heated bed

That “squished” bit of print materials that occurs right where the print touches the heated bed -that’s what we call “Elephant Foot”, and if you are a very detail oriented user, or if your specific print, and it’s after print use requires of you to be very precise, you may want to use a few […]

How to remove the filament from the extruder on the Craftbot and the Craftbot plus?

Please refer to page 11 of the owners manual section: “Removing the filament from the extruder” REMOVING THE FILAMENT FROM THE EXTRUDER Never remove the fiament from the extruder if the extruder is cold! Always preheat the extruder before removing or changing filaments. Removing the filament from a cold extruder might damage it! You don’t have to […]