figured it out there was no continuity on the blue wire for that cable to the stepper motor so guessing its either burnt out or somethings nipped, ordered a new cable which will be here tomorrow...
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figured it out there was no continuity on the blue wire for that cable to the stepper motor so guessing its either burnt out or somethings nipped, ordered a new cable which will be here tomorrow...
ok so update, more fiddling, removed filament completely swapped the x/y axis plug onto the extruder motor and controlled it via slicer, found that it works perfectly fine. re plugged back in the...
hi again mate checked the diameter of the filament all seems good, ive taken the heat sink and fan off the mk8 extruder, it doesn't seem to be slipping now it just seems to be not wanting to budge at...
good shout, ill double check ordered it as 1.75, all the others are that anyway. how would that affect under extrusion? just not heating it up quick enough to push it through the nozel?
So a few months back ive got myself a budget 3d printer. I knew the basics of how to use them as we had them back at my old college. we used maker bot printers. ive learnt a hell of a lot over the...