New i3V owner: A few beginner questions

[printbus]

Your issues appear to be beyond what I can help with. If no one else jumps in, perhaps posting in the Tips Tricks and Tech Help forum would get more visibility than the few of us watching the MakerFarm subforum. Maybe using 3mm filament on a 0.4mm nozzle tip requires something special.

What do you think happened to the original small gear? Did it start to fall apart, or does it seem like it got hot and warped out of shape? Just wondering if that could be indicating something.

Do you use a print cooling fan at all? I think small prints like the small gear can be tough to print. Slic3r will default to slowing down the print to ensure 30 seconds per layer, but that's still a lot of heat being applied to a small surface area. Go 100% infill to boot and you could be dragging around in soft material that never gets a good chance to cool down.

Good luck, man.