Nightmare start

[bigo93]

Yeah if you check out my thread you'll see I've been trying to improve my printing quality for over a month now! Thanks again to EagleSeven for all the help and tips.
Dont let these problems put you down, cos this wont be the first problem :P

So yeah I've had tonnes of bad prints.
Right now my right nozzle is still clogged I think, so I've had to use the left for now.

First thing to do is to check all the bolts. Mine came with all of them loose!

There are quite a few upgrades you can print for the printer as well.
Here's a few I have already printed or an thinking of printing: http://www.thingiverse.com/bigo93/co...s/ctc-upgrades

But what I would say is if you thought you got a good deal on the printer, you did but....you will not believe how much extra I have spent on other items for it!

For instance £18 on a second have Xbox Kinect 360.

I dont have too much time at hand atm to test my printer, and time I do have is late nights but cannot use it cos these printers are loud and wake up everyone!
I contacted my seller, most likely all the same sellers with multiple accounts. They claim to not send with the tubes cos they dont help much.
So I printed out the better extruder guide and bought my own.

But if you want here's a list of everything I have bought on top, they were the cheapest I could find on ebay. (For UK residents)

Spring Loader Arms: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1914493850...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
Drill bits to clear nozzles (recomeneded by Angus on youtube still waiting delivery to try): http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3316222844...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
Extra nuts and bolts from this guy, next day delivery as well!: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3211133712...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
Extra bearings: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2013838264...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

Tubing for filament: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3214513331...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
Push-In connectors: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3216379168...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
The above 2 are from the same seller, they sell 3D printer stuff so you might want to check out his other items as well

Pure Acetone (nail polish remover didnt work for me): http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3315195964...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
Cleaning Alcohol again from same guy: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3315845124...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

Dial Gauge (For Bed Leveling, not tested yet): http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3811754662...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
Extra Filament from this guy: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3514489482...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
Sample of different filament colours: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1-75-mm-PL.../111874100907?
Laser temp gun (cos I dont think the temp on screen is the real temp of nozzle, still waiting for delivery): http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2818972570...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

So that's like another £155 on top of the printer!
Obviously you dont have to buy any of these, just a helping hand to save time searching for stuff you might want in the future.


Oh and one other thing, seems like with every printer, they ship with the left extruder higher than the right, so you have to aligned them yourself.
If that is the case with yours, I found this video very helpful:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jx4CsazHm8A

Be careful when taking it apart, unless you have plenty of room. Mines in a tight corner so kept losing a screw or washer, of the motor falling off and hitting the plate.
I've also upgraded to a glass plate and use ABS glue, and now my prints are sticking well, and printing better, but still not perfect.
I mean my glass plate is from a 8x10 photo frame, it's very thin and feel like it would snap if I flex it.
Got an old scanner, took it apart for parts and will hopefully cut the glass sheet from the scanner to fit the printer. It's thicker and stronger glass so will be better than the photo frame glass.


AND if you want to upgrade the frimware to sailfish, you can use this guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_Y9tCpsn3E
Follow it closely and make sure to pay attention, some people only follow it half way through and then wonder why their heating bed heats up and LCD doesnt work.