My new favourite 3D printer bed leveling method

Should I heat the extruder when bed leveling, or leave it cold?

 

If hot, how do I deal with oozing filament?

This is my new method which addresses these issues.

3D Printing: humidity & keeping your PLA filament dry

It is generally agreed that you should try to keep your reels of PLA filament dry.

 

But I'm not sure that all suggested methods on the net make complete sense!

So here are my mad ramblings on storage and relative humidity.

3D Printing: filament grinding & nozzle blockage

My printer stopped printing part way through a print!

 

I'd never experienced this before...

...and I'm still not sure what the reason was for this problem.

Filament "pull" affecting 3D print performance

Friction in the filament feed path can affect 3D printer performance...

 

...or at least that is the conclusion I have come to over the last few days.

Here are my notes to back this up.

3D Printing: sticking and removing

This post is primarily concerned with 2 issues;

 

1) Getting your prints to stick to the bed

2) Getting your prints off the bed

3D Printing: I'm back in the saddle!

It is almost 8 years since I've posted anything on 3D printing.

 

That's largely because its almost 8 years since I last touched a 3D printer.

Well now that I have my own printer...I'm back!