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Cake day: June 16th, 2023

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  • I have a couple of issues, actually. I had it set up perfectly and loved the results it produced (perfect bed adhesion, perfect layer stacking, no elephant foots whatsoever).
    But then I moved and stored it away and didn’t touch it for almost a year. Now I have issues with bed leveling and extrusion.

    Even if I manually level the bed it gets uneven in between printing jobs. My BL-Touch can’t even counter it. Some time after that my extruder stopped working correctly. It wont feed filament and just grind away at the gear. I’ve check for clogs and if the gear was worn out but that’s not issue. I have a feeling this printer is cursed lol

    Now I just want a clean printer that I haven’t tinkered with yet so I can back into 3D printing after my unintended hiatus haha. Any idea what to do with my current printer? I don’t really want to fix it anymore.



  • I understand where you’re coming from, but I can’t justify paying the Prusa tax lol. Don’t get me wrong, I would consider getting one, but my usage just isn’t that high.

    Regarding your development point, there are several open-source projects like Marlin or Klipper that are free to use for 3D printers. Even Prusa uses a variation of Marlin as the base for their firmware, though they modify it to fit the needs of their printers.

    I’m not entirely sure about this one but couldn’t they simply use Prusa’s firmware if its a 1-1 clone, eliminating the need for additional development costs?