3D Printer Issues

This section deals with printer level issues

How to clean clogged nozzle?
Nozzle clogs happen for any number of reasons, but they are always frustrating. Some degraded filament may have gummed up the extruder, or a bit of a dust...
Mon, 11 Jan, 2016 at 7:35 PM

How To Store Printer Filament ?
Storage of filament Before we begin to discuss the various methods of storing the filament , let me describe the prime cause of ...
Sat, 7 May, 2016 at 6:43 PM
Filament gets rolled into extruder gear in Flashforge Dreamer 3D printer.
  Functioning of cooling fan of feeder block is very important for FlashForge Dreamer 3D printer. If the fan isn't working, the extruder roll...
Sat, 23 Apr, 2016 at 6:07 PM
In Creatbot DM Plus, all metal hot end gets clogged
Description: In upgraded version of Creatbot DM plus, an all metal hotend is used. All metal hotend can reach a temperature of upto 300 degrees ce...
Sat, 23 Apr, 2016 at 6:56 PM
In Ultimaker, filament gets stuck in feeder guide tube
Description: When unloading a filament in Ultimaker, a small piece of molten filament is stuck in the feeder guide tube Action: To remov...
Sat, 23 Apr, 2016 at 7:11 PM
Max temperature error in CreatBot
Description: While printing with ABS material in Creatbot 3D printer, after some time the print gets stopped and max. temperature error will appea...
Sat, 23 Apr, 2016 at 7:20 PM
No movement in Ultimaker 3D printer gantry
Description:  While printing, Ultimaker machine does a wired sound and print gets stopped all of a sudden. Turned off the printer and observed that...
Wed, 27 Apr, 2016 at 6:11 PM
Creatbot machine was not extruding
Description: Creatbot DX 3Dprinter stopped extruding. Check if the nozzle is clogged, if the filament got stuck in the feeder guide (Teflon tube), if the...
Wed, 27 Apr, 2016 at 6:23 PM
Makerbot smart extruder was clogged
Makerbot Smart Extruder Description:  When we tried loading the filament, it was not going inside the nozzle. Tried all the techniques but no r...
Wed, 27 Apr, 2016 at 6:38 PM
Makerbot x-axis not working properly
Description :  The print head was displacing to one side in Makerbot 5th generation 3D printer. Verified the timing belt, pulley and gantry assemblies but t...
Wed, 27 Apr, 2016 at 6:43 PM