I just stopped a failing print and noticed some weird extrusions happening (not english native speaker, also I’m a 3d printing noob, don’t know whether that’s the right word). You can see it in the image. Any tips to improve printing quality?

I’m printing on an Ender 3 V3 SE. This print was with standard settings.

EDIT: as a clarification, this isn’t why I stopped the print. It failed to adhere to the print plate at some spots. Redid my z offset and hopefully that solved it.

  • dave@hal9000English
    4•1 day ago

    I was gonna say the z offset is too low, so the filament is getting squeezed around the nozzle and bunching up in those gobs. Did your adjustment work?

    • luluuOPEnglish
      4•1 day ago

      Nope, this time nothing sticked at all. Washing with soap as a next step, as that helped last time I had sticking issues. Will try again tomorrow as it’s getting late here.

      • dave@hal9000English
        2•24 hours ago

        Yeah, a warm soapy wash is definitely a good step to include here. Let us know how it comes out

        • luluuOPEnglish
          1•14 hours ago

          Yep, together with removing some junk from beneath the print bed and recalibrating that solved the adhesion problem.

        • luluuOPEnglish
          1•14 hours ago

          PLA, that was 60C, as that is the standard in cura. I’m mostly using standard settings.

      • dave@hal9000English
        1•23 hours ago

        Also, how much are you adjusting, in terms of steps?

        • luluuOPEnglish
          1•14 hours ago

          I don’t know what you mean by that :( what steps are you referring to?

          • dave@hal9000English
            1•6 hours ago

            Oh sorry, how many hundredths of millimeter are you are adjusting at a time. You should just make small adjustments and try them on a small first layer test print. But I guess you’re live adjusting, so what I said doesn’t make a lot of sense