Hi there,
I’m experiencing sub-optimal printing quality after replacing the heating element.
A week ago the printer completely stopped working, at first I thought it was due to extrusion issues, but after dismantling and cleaning the extruder, the PLA would flow fine out of just the extruder.
I then feared a clog in the heatsink or nozzle, but I couldn’t remove the nozzle. The nozzle was very stuck (and no more edges after trying to apply pressure, so all wrenches started slipping).
As a solution I ordered a replacement heat-element with nozzle and installed it.
The extrusion started working fine, but experienced poor printing quality.
My first assumption was due to nozzle/heat element replacement the automatic Z-calibration wasn’t correct any more. I then did Z-level adjustments directly on the printer, I managed to improve but not resolve the printing issue.
Please see this PDF for all my printing tests:
z-leveling-test.pdf (785.1 KB)
When printing a container, the container walls also do not “stick”, i.e. each horizontal line does not remain connected and the box breaks.
This is printing with a Gcode and PLA-product that would previously give me great printing results, meaning it cannot be printing speed or temperature.
Can you provide any further advise on what I can try?
Please see attached PDF file with my Z-leveling tests, the best result is -1.40, any lower or higher is less good. But -1,40 is not good enough.
Please advise!
KR,
Rik
