I used to be able to print things. Now for the past 6 months or so I’ve wasted spools upon spools trying to print anything and this always happens. I’m just about ready to sell this machine and give up on the whole thing.

Is there anything glaringly obvious that springs to any of your expert minds?

  • blipcastEnglish
    7·
    13 hours ago

    When I see first layer issues like this, my go to steps are:

    1. Wash the build plate with hot water and soap to remove any built up glue, dry, and reapply a thin layer of glue stick
    2. Turn the initial layer speed way down, like 10mm/sec, and 20mm/sec for infill.
      • dfyx@lemmy.helios42.deEnglish
        9·
        13 hours ago

        And honestly, with modern build plates, there is absolutely no reason to use glue. At least for PLA.

      • blipcastEnglish
        4·
        12 hours ago

        If things are working for you without glue, there’s no need to mess with it. Personally, I like having an extra barrier between my model and build plate to make removal easier, plus I’m paranoid about damaging the plate. What was the reasoning for never using glue stick?

        • sem@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
          3·
          12 hours ago

          My reasoning was that it was unnecessary (with PLA) and would make you have to clean the build plate more.

          • blipcastEnglish
            1·
            11 hours ago

            Gotcha, I’ll give this a shot next time!