Need help before insanity kicks in

bloodraven · 29 Jan 2022 at 05:21

I am not totally new to printing, started a few months.
Started with a ender 3 pro, usual issues but been great apart from wear and tear.

The problem is the newest printer, ender 3 max. Brought it week ago and had half a good print in that time that snapped during print.

I can not get a print at all. Levelled bed 500 times ( it seems) wasted tons of filament, changed nozzle.

On print does not stick but rather balls up around the nozzle though close to the bed. It is doing my head in enough to want to throw it out of the window.

Also looks sometimes the z on the left ( drive motor side ) is dragging the right a little rather than level lifting.
Please help

bloodraven · 31 Jan 2022 at 03:00

Standard pla eyone 1.75, use it a lot or anycubic 1.75.

I clean the bed with isopropyl alcohol as I use it with my resin printers anyway. I do not use glue or tape no just plain bed.

The offset is 0,0,0 in xyz, same as my ender 3 Pro. Levelling I use the old paper method in front, mid, back in all 3 positions left mid and right. My 3 pro was fine with this method. Could it be the springs ,( yellow) are allowing bed to move?.
Almost threw the thing across the room, getting sick of it.

bloodraven · 31 Jan 2022 at 20:47

I change the nozzle hot between 200-220 usually.
I honestly have used the paper method too many times to count. I have never had such problem the ender 3 pro took about a hour to get right. This one is a right pain in the F butt.
No matter what I do it wont print right at some points it will go on the bed then get dragged off the bed again somewhere else. Soon it meet the hammer

bloodraven · 2 Feb 2022 at 11:14

Ive got so annoyed I added a Bl touch sensor, and would you believe it still is not working. There are no clogs in the tube or nozzle and I just replaced the nozzle again in case. Does the touch actually do anything! Sorry complain a lot stressed with the printers.

Today it has balled up over the nozzle again, seems the rubber end has also snapped at some point. Last night the bl crashed the nozzle into the bed but sorted that. For some reason the UI freezes during print not allowing me to tinker with the settings during print. So far I see little point in the BL because you have to level the bed anyway.

bloodraven · 2 Feb 2022 at 15:54

I'm using the stock 2.2 firmware from creality website because the 2.2.7 seemed to brick my movement so had to downgrade the firmware.
I am still pretty new to printers so knowledge base rather small. I do prefer my resins so much easier but volume always smaller.

bloodraven · 3 Feb 2022 at 12:35

I have a print sort of going on the 3 max now, I went with the pritt stick just to test see what happens. It is printing as we speak but I think the auto level is slightly off because I hear crackling when it goes over certain parts of the print.
My ender 3 pro is now being a massive pain. 6 times I have tried to print a model and all 6 it at some point stops actually printing and does not extrude but still keeps going in motion. All 6 times it gets to different stages in height before it does this but does not seem to be a clog in the nozzle as I start a new print and starts but same issue after a while. 3d printers are so annoying, I brought the upgrade hot end for the 3 pro not yet installed. Looks like the same one you get on the 3 max.