The thin line between “too hot” and “not hot enough” – curling

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Aside from an entire layer of a print warping, you may have smaller arcs on highlighted regions, which in-turn commonly lead to more abstract mutation in the continual series of printing.  The fix here is somewhat similar to your standard overheating procedure.  Her’s some suggestions to fix your problem, make sure that your fans are […]

I have layers separating!

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Here is a quick rundown to where your problem may be coming from: not enough filament coming through the extruder. Always, even if you aren’t experiencing big problems, make sure that you have clean passageways from time to time.  Further explanations can be found in other help sections concerning “Clogging” and in CraftBot videos on youtube. […]

Ringing – waves and shadows around sharp corners

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  Ringing is what we call the small waves or shadows that usually appear around sharp corners on a print. It’s often very apparent if you have text on your print as you will see what looks like shadows of the text. This happens when the print head makes a sudden direction change and the […]

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

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  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

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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 […]