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Questions tagged [underextrusion]

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What is causing this under extrusion that only happens after travel moves

I am getting this under extrusion on my prints but only after travel moves. The rest of the print looks fine. My printer is a Monoprice Maker Select V2 (rebranded Wanhao Duplicator i3 V2) with a DiiiCooler with a radial fan. I was using Repetier…
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Patterned Under-Extrusion on Ender 3 Pro

I've had my Ender 3 Pro for a few months, and it's been working great. Then, after a failed print (the STL had extra seams, causing the print to get mangled), I've started having issues that I have attributed to under-extrusion. As evidenced by the…
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Weird temperature graph and thermal runaway protection triggered

I woke up this morning with my 20 hour long print failed around 15 hour in. I checked the octoprint console, and saw a very weird temperature graph. Later found out thermal runaway protection kicked in, and I thanked the gods for having decided to…
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Under extrusion... sometimes

You can see small gaps in the print which looks like under extrusion (see image below). What is the reason for that? I've tried smaller retracting distances. Temperature looks stable. Print settings: PETG from Extruder 245 °C Printing…
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Sparse regular spiral underextrusion

My print has a regular spiral underextrusion which crosses layers (see attached photo). It is likely not a slicer issue since multiple prints of the same model have the spiral pattern in different locations. In particular the underextrusion is not…
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Extra external layer (shell) on my first prints

I got my first 3D printer this week, a Creality Ender 3. Tried to print a few small samples to test it, but every shape I printed had an extra external layer. Please, check these images: I used Freecad to draw the objects, and Slic3r to convert…
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Can't print anything! Is this heat creep? (Detailed explanation & Photo)

I have bought an Ender 3 Pro in November. I loved 3D printing and even upgraded my machine to improve my experience. However, lately, I can't print anything due to an issue I can't seem to resolve. I will provide as many details as I can in an…
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First 3D print made up of diagonal strands

Just got a Creality Ender 3 yesterday. Set it up and ran the dog test print. Photo below. I used the sample filament that came with the machine. I'm not 100 % what kind it is, but assuming it is 1.75 mm PLA. No matter what temperature I set the end…
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Ender 3 underextrusion

I am a beginner in 3D printing and recently bought an Ender 3. With the filament included in the package, my first print ever was flawless. However, after the first print, I tried printing with ABS, which did not work out, so changed to PLA, and…
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Print failing at random, resulting in a "hairy" mess

TL;DR; My initial answer fixed the problem for a while, but it still persists occurring... (see update 2 below) Original question body: Print fails at random resulting in a hairy mess although I: cleaned bed, added glue, leveled bed, tweaked…
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Wanhao i3 stops printing after about 40 minutes

I have a Monoprice Maker Select V2.1 (rebadged Wanhao Di3) with a microswiss all metal hot-end and machined lever and extruder plate. It had been printing very consistently for months with this set up - through 5 or 6 kg of filament - until a couple…
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underextrusion of infill?

Running a bency print to test my new cooler, I noticed an odd effect on the rectilinear infill I'm using: It's almost as if the individual lines of the infill are tearing. The thing is that the actual print turned out great, so the solid layers…
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How to deal with ASA warping?

I am having first layer adhesion to the build surface and warping problems when printing ASA. I am printing in enclosed printer, build surface is heated to 85 °C 15 min before prinitng (and to 110 °C when printing), the bed was cleaned with…
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Under extrusion with Ender3

I'm having some problem with my Ender 3. I have been printing for almost a year with good results. Then, all of a sudden, the fan started to be noisy and the prints came out definitely not good. From what I understood looking around, the problem…
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Ender 3 failing on the same z position every print

I have an Ender 3, I changed its extruder for one metallic one. In my last prints, I am getting issues at the same height. The extruder can't pull the filament in for that z position. I cleaned the Z axis, applied oil, and adjusted the eccentric…
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