Hi so my printer was fine until oneday a print finished with some under extrusion, when I check it seems to extruded in little beads (which combine into blobs as seen in the photo) during prints but not when told to extrude through octo print. Brand new filiment so humidity isn’t an issue, I’ve tried leveling the bed (glass with bltouch), using glue stick, cleaning the nozzle, I cleaned the hot end, sniped down the bowing tube and made sure it was flush with the nozzle. I’m at my whits end and am about to start praying to the omnisiere for divine intervention. Any help would be appreciated.

  • IMALlama@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    2 days ago

    If prints were fine before the incident I would probably leave e-steps alone.

    Agree 100% with the steps you outlined. To add on:

    • when OP tells the printer to extrude during octoprint, what does the extruder do? Is the motor grinding (not enough tension) or clicking (indicative of a clog)?
    • any new noises when printing?
    • when OP pulls the filament out of the hot end, is there evidence of the gears grinding on the filament?
    • SzethFriendOfNimi@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      2 days ago

      May be a good time to see if there bits of filament in the extruder gears and if they’re ok. And, if they are, to clean the nozzle either by using filament or a cold pull.

    • Steelmonkey@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      2·
      2 days ago

      Everything is fine when extruding with octo print, no noises or ripped filiment but when I hit print on any files even old ones it seems to start extruding in beads

      • IMALlama@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        20 hours ago

        If the extrusion looks normal with octoprint and weird when doing a real print, how far is your nozzle off the bed? If it’s too high you’ll get stringy looking prints due to not enough squish.

        I suspect when you were using octoprint the nozzle wasn’t on the bed, but it was for the “real” print.

        • Steelmonkey@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          2·
          20 hours ago

          Should be close enough, using a sheet of paper when leveling. Watching the print I notice it doesn’t like to stick to the bed even when latered with glue stick.