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Black Spots on Print
If you do not have a specific hotend for every material you are using, you will likely experience some black dots on your prints from time to time. Even when...
3D Printing Tips
Black Spots on Print
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Print Tips by Material
In this post we will give some basic print tips for each of the materials we offer with easy to understand bullet points.
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Post-Processing 3D Prints
This page won't be classified as a standard print tip; instead, it offers tips on combining, smoothing, sanding, and painting your 3D printed object. There will be no printing tips here,...
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What is Annealing and How Does It Work?
The process of annealing is done for different purposes depending on the material. That said - the process will be the same - annealing is the process of heating up...
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Material Science
Learn all about the science behind 3D printing materials so that you can become a 3D printing expert.
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Hairy or Stringy Prints
This article's failure is a result of excess material oozing out of your nozzle whenno material should be extruded. Read the "Material Science" articleAs with most problems we cover, if...
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Ugly Tops of Prints or Ugly Thin Prints
This issue will happen whenever you have a print with a very small surface area for any layer. This is most common when printing a part that comes to a...
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Blobs and Oozing
This article's failure is a result of excess material oozing out of your nozzle when no material should be extruded. Increase retraction settingsRetraction occurs when your printer head is travelling...
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Layer Bulges
The issue of layer bulges have only happened to me when using Ender 3 and Ender 3 clones, though I assume it could be possible on many machine types, especially...
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Curling of Layers and Angles
This problem can mimic what looks like warping, but rather than the part warpingoff of the build plate, the individual layers seem to be warping upward, which I refer to...
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Z-Axis Wobble
When you are experiencing Z-axis wobble, you will see what looks like repeated minor layer shifts, sometimes with every single layer. If the wobble is minor, it may just look...
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Layer Shifts
Layer shifts refer to when the print looks fine other than the fact that one or multiple layers are shifted in the X or Y direction. Â Layer shifts can...
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Extruder Motor Skipping/ Nozzle Clogs
If you are using a non-geared extruder, especially one set up in a Bowden fashion – such as a stock Ender 3, it is likely you will eventually run into...
