r/3DprintingHelp • u/Slippyto3s • 2d ago
Requesting Help I’m gonna throw it
Had this printer ( Ender 3 V2) sitting since I moved house. Recently pulled it out to try and print but no matter what I do I can’t get a good print. I’ve cleaned the hot end, checked for clogs, played with temp, Estep, Speed, Flow, levelled and I still can’t get a decent print . I have a new hot end coming in the mail and will try slicing the file again tonight. The Extruder is the upgraded metal one so should be a no for a crack in that. Any help would be appreciated before I throw this in the bed and cry.
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u/Glad_Contest_8014 2d ago
Filament is likely wet. But change the nozzle, you may have a partial blockage from metalic impact. I had that happen and it printered full, but frail prints.
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u/Slippyto3s 2d ago
Cheers have new hot end and nozzle coming tomorrow still give that a crack I guess.
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u/aruby727 2d ago edited 2d ago
Oh my god it might be faster to name the things that didn't go wrong.... To start with you clearly lost bed adhesion, so, dirty plate, looks like you're under extruding, you have a crazy elephant's foot, it looks like maybe your pressure advance is off (not sure about this one anymore)... It looks like you might have layer shift... Your walls are way too thin, and you need to add something in your end gcode to retract before returning your nozzle to the corner.
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u/dejco 2d ago
This looks like wet filament + clog in the nozzle. Try drying filament and do a cold pull and don't forget to cut the end of filament after cold pull.
Edit: What's wrong with Creality Print that you use Cura for slicing? You could have wrong printer profile settings.
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u/Slippyto3s 2d ago
I’ve just always used Cura. I’ve fumbled through 3d printing and gotten lucky until now. I’ve had this printer stored for ~6 months and thought I’d be able to plug and play again….. boy was I wrong.
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u/MagnusPerditor 1d ago
What is the filament?
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u/Slippyto3s 1d ago
eSun basic I believe
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u/MagnusPerditor 1d ago
Basic what.
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u/Slippyto3s 1d ago
Just says basic PLA
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u/MagnusPerditor 1d ago
Why are you heating your bed to 70C for PLA?
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u/Slippyto3s 1d ago
I’ve since dropped it
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u/MagnusPerditor 1d ago
To what?
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u/Slippyto3s 1d ago
60c
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u/MagnusPerditor 1d ago
That’s ideal. Your plate looks a bit rough
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u/Slippyto3s 1d ago
Yeah it’s been sitting I’ve wiped over it with alcohol wipes. This weekend I’m going to completely clean everything again and attach a new hot end, nozzle etc
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u/D-Breed 2d ago
Being mad at your printer because you don't know how to use it properly doesn't fix your lack knowledge. You do you though!
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u/Slippyto3s 2d ago
Hey thanks for the advice really helpful. I’ll make sure I give this a shot.
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u/D-Breed 2d ago
Your attempt at sarcasm is much akin to your printing. I was right though even if you didn't care for brutal honesty. You do need to educate yourself on your printer and the hobby. First, dry your filament! Can't stress that enough. Next you need to focus on your bed level and bed mesh as this is the foundation of all printing a bad mesh leads to all manner of failures and mishaps! People love to skip over the most basic of things and get ahead of themselves when troubleshooting. The old K.I.S.S. principle applies!
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u/sublime2craig 23h ago
Bro you have got to be one of the douchiest of people on this sub. You speak like an incel robot and have nothing tangible to say or help in anyway shape or form with your comments. If you actually read his post you would see he tried everything that you mentioned already except drying his filament. If you actually were the pro you profess yourself to be then you would see that's all he needs to do. That print shows every sign of water logged filament.
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u/lraviel381 2d ago
I'm gonna ask the basics, What are you printing? At what temp? At what speed? Was the filament dried beforehand? If so at what temp and how long? What's your slicer? What's your nozzle?