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Why is my filament getting stuck to the nozzle?
Fix the Nozzle Height Having your nozzle too high from the print bed is one of the main problems that causes filament to stick to the nozzle. Your nozzle requires a good amount of pressure onto the print bed to properly extrude, but if it’s too high, you start to see filament curling around the nozzle and sticking.
How do you fix a jammed filament?
If your nozzle is too close to the bed, you may need to relevel it or adjust the nozzle’s Z offset. Long-term: At the end of each print, while the hot end is still hot, push 20–30 mm of filament into the hot end to clear out the fluid plastic and then retract the filament until it is completely out of the hot end.
How do you get a stuck filament out of a 3D printer?
The best way to remove the broken filament from your 3D printer is to take off the PTFE tube and pull the filament out manually. This should be easy to remove because the filament is still attached through the Bowden tube, but if not, it should be loose in the extruder, which can be removed with tweezers.
What happens when a filament gets stuck in a 3D printer?
Why is the filament stuck in the extruder?
The extruder either grinds the filament until it’s so thin that the gear that advances the filament is no longer in contact with it or the motor that drives the extruder stalls because it’s overloaded. No matter what kind of extrusion system you use — direct drive or Bowden — you’ll eventually encounter this problem.
How do you load filament on a 3D printer?
You do not need the automatic feeding, it’s all manual labor, just raise temperature through the menu and press the lever of the extruder to load the cleaning filament, lower temp and pull back after cooling a bit while pressing the extruder lever. Thanks for contributing an answer to 3D Printing Stack Exchange!
Is there a problem with the extruder system?
If yes, the problem is not in the extruder system, nor the heat block or hot end. You said you re-leveled the bed. Double check that the nozzle is not being blocked by the bed, preventing filament from extruding. If the filament does not feed properly, you may not have completely cleared the heat break, hot end, or nozzle.
What happens if the filament does not feed properly?
If the filament does not feed properly, you may not have completely cleared the heat break, hot end, or nozzle. If you can get or have nylon filament in the correct size, perform a nylon cleaning operation.