ewen_cluney.txtGetting into a 3D printing project after not using my printer for a few weeks, and there's a lot of filament that got into the area around one of the Z-axis gears, which makes bed leveling fail. One of the few notable flaws of the Bambu X1C is how stuff accumulates around the rear Z screw area. I think I'm on my fourth or fifth attempt at getting this one print going.
After some flailing, which involved doing manual bed leveling and finding *even more* bits of filament around the printer's mechanisms, my X1C was able to do bed leveling again. Then I had to take the AMS (filament-changing add-on) apart and remove some pieces of filament that were stuck. Tired now.
3D printing is an amazing technology and a fun hobby, but 3D printers are not nearly as reliable as more mainstream consumer tech has to be.
SlightlyCyberpunk@nekoewen Some are. My first was a Monoprice MP Mini. That thing was idiot proof. I didn't know what a calibration print was, I didn't know how to level the bed, I didn't know how to take it apart...not sure I ever even removed the Bowden tube in the three years I used the thing. Not even glue on the print bed. It was slow and the print area was small but it just worked.
But then I "upgraded" to an Ender 3 Max Neo two or three years ago because I wanted something bigger and faster and I *still* struggle to get a decent print out of the goddamn thing...
@admin Oh yeah, I've owned a couple of Enders, and the low price is pretty much their only virtue, especially by today's standards.