I think I learned how to do this by reading a post you made about a year ago 
Haha cool! Let us know how it worked.
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I cleared the blockage in my nozzle and I did the bed leveling print 3 times and made manual adjustments on the move. Then I started to do a Cat print.
First layer is on the top then… Things got weird when the motor started skipping. Nozzle jamming again 
Are you sure your nozzle clogged? Can you heat the nozzle to plastic melting temp and then manually push out some filament. If it comes out with just a little push them it’s not clogged.
If it’s not clogged then the problem is with the motor or the driver. The vref(adjustable by turning the pot on the board) might be too low.
If it is indeed clogged even though you had just cleaned it, means that the PTFE clamp is defective and is not able to keep the PTFE tube in place. Time to replace it with new one.
It’s indeed clogged because I took nozzle temp to 230 and nothing came out.
Before I start turning some pots or replacing some PTFE clamps, i’m gonna wait until new filament comes in on Sunday to test. I would rather believe that these failures are because of the shitty free spool that came in the box
Oh no no. That’s only if the nozzle is not clogged but still the motor skips.
If the filament you are printing with has no additives. Like metal particles or cf etc, then there is no chance that the issue is with the plastic. Personally I have yet to encounter a plastic that doesn’t print. And I buy the cheapest I can.
UNLESS, the diameter of filament is greater than the ID of PTFE tube. In that case, yeah, it would clog. You can easily check for that by inspecting the filament visually.
I was actually gonna end up upgrading the whole hot-end eventually so I guess I’ll deal with the PTFE clamp and tube then
I’ll keep fucking around with it until it sees me as it’s master and that it’s sole purpose is to print penises.
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get yourself a volcano hotend and use an “oiler” - problem solved 
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Show us your 3D printing setup.
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Great to see you got it working!
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Awesome! Looks like a beast of a machine.
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Sounds like you’ve already won the battle to me.
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The price is too nice. Plus someone shared their bath basket in a Lush (bath store) subreddit and we just got 10 orders in the last 2 hours. I have a feeling tomorrow morning will be interesting.
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So i am constantly tinkering my printers to make them have least down time possible(cause printing lots of NESE enclosurs) and i thought i put this here in case someone will be interested. This only applies to direct drive printers(maybe not, can be used on bowden too). I have made a pcb that bolts directly to nema17 extruder motor and has toolless connecors to connect all your extruder components. Same board goes on the other end near mainboard.
This allows for extruder component swap in 2 mins. No more routing and rewrapping your harness. Ribbon cable works as a dragchain and you can reuse existing wiring. Has 3 points to solder LEDS for heater, part and hotend cooling fans to give indication that they work.
The kit will include 2 boards and 70cm of ribbon cable with possibility to arrange custom length. The cost will be arround 25-30eur
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What’s everyone’s go to for bonding various types of plastic? I’m specifically looking at PLA-PLA, PETG-PETG, and PLA-PETG.
Not exactly pertaining to the forum but I’m printing some subwoofer enclosures. I have a tongue and groove joint and I’m looking for something that’ll hold up while giving me a good seal. Things that come to mind are epoxy and jb weld but I’m looking for specific formulation suggestions. I have a decent area to cover so fast setting might not be ideal.
This is what I’m printing:
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This is a great solution. Changing hotend components is such a pain in the ass.
The wires have to be crimped right? Link for those or will you provide them as well?
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