I spent entirely way too much time trying to get one of these style extruders on my Ender 3. Maybe I picked a knock off without realizing it, maybe mine was just defective, I’m not entirely sure.

But it was ultimately the cause for my printer underextruding on certain layers. If you need a new extruder, go for something better than these cheap $20 ones and get an actually decent one.

But on the bright side, my printer is finally fixed! It feels nice to be able to get back into the hobby again.

    • Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      I recently got a bltouch as well. I should have done so waaaay earlier. It’s actually allowed me to switch out those horrible and easy to bump/misalign nobs that control bed height.

      Now I just have two nuts per corner holding everything down.

      All printers should come with one.

    • Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I recently got a bltouch as well. I should have done so waaaay earlier. It’s actually allowed me to switch out those horrible and easy to bump/misalign nobs that control bed height.

      Now I just have two nuts per corner holding everything down.

      All printers should come with one.

    • Scrath@feddit.deEnglish
      0·
      1 year ago

      Do you know if that can be printed in PETG?

      I always saw recommendations to use ABS and I really don’t want to print that stuff