I got a monoprice 3D printer for christmas and I’m having trouble even making it past the test cat. My boyfriend removed the tape on the platform so we botched a good bit of the provided filament. After we fixed the tape issue we started our print and things went great until we ran out of filament. We cleaned it out and started working with the new one. The base started to print but the extrusion stopped coming out. I’ve cleaned the head, tried removing the extrusion, clipping it, and tried it again, I tried preheating it too but nothing seems to work. Is there any insight as to what we’re doing wrong?
Which printer is it exactly? I have the Monoprice Dual. Can you see the motor spinning? Does it sound like it is skipping? Have you cleaned the extruder nozzle? I had a chunk of PVA stuck in mine once that refused to get out.
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What are your print settings? Do you hear a clicking or knocking sound from the extruder? if the only thing you have tried to print is the test cat, then I would suspect the bed is not at the proper height, and you’re not extruding well, creating a clog. What are you using to calibrate bed height?
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Just3D
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what printer and when you say tape are you referring to the buildtak surface?
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The provided filament really sucks in my opinion, get yourself some good PLA such as Hatchbox from amazon, Also I like to print around 230 degrees Celsius.
One last thing, when you feed the new filament into the extruder run out a few inches of it before beginning the print, this ensures the extruder is full of filament and no air pockets
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Have you taken the fan off to see if the new filament is extruding? This printer has given me some issues with adding or changing filaments.
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cj5fpv
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Sam,
Glad you made the jump into the 3D printing hobby! It’s fun once you get a hang of a few things. I as well started on a Monoprice printer.
Be sure to check this link: Print Quality Guide | Simplify3D Software
Hopefully this helps!
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It’s probably clogged. Happens sometimes when changing spools.
Heres a video on clearing the hot end that helped me.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Pgsq297zdAs
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Thank you! This will definitely be helpful!
Thank you! I am going to keep this one handy.
I’m not too savvy with this type of thing. I’m honestly afraid i’d break it. Thank you for the insight though, i’ll bring it up to him and see if maybe we can take a look at that.
Hatchbox is actually the kind we’re trying to work with now! It’s glow in the dark, so I don’t know if that makes a difference. We’ll try a higher heat setting and see if that helps. Thank you!
I’m not 100% sure, the box said monoprice and it has IIIP on the front of the device. The printing plate came with something like a large piece of masking tape over it. It was pulled off while setting up and after a few botched attempts we looked at the manual and realized it was supposed to be there. Per the instructionsame we replaced it with masking tape and it seemed to work fine up until the original filament ran out.
I’m not 100% certain of the model, it just says IIIP on the front of the device. There is no visible motor that I can see, but when trying to print it does make a clicking noise that was not present the first try. We tried cleaning it last night at the recommendation of a friend but haven’t gotten a chance to test it yet. Hopefully it will work!
The settings we are using are straight out of the box. We did start printing the test cat with the original filament and what did print turned out perfectly. We are hearing a clicking noise from the extruder as it tries to pull the filament through.
Yea it’s the MP Select Mini aka the Malyan M200. And that noise is a jam.
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Just fyi, blue painters tape tends to work better than the cheaper manilla. If this isn’t the mini then you can look into Printbite (mutley3d.com) or pei as an alternative surface.
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Follow the instructions for clearing a jam linked above, slow down your print speed, raise your temperature 5°, and calibrate bed height with a thick sheet of paper.
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Definately remove the fan and manulally unclog jam. Realy easy only a couple screws dont be afraid
im having this same problem let me know if you get this fixed please.
