The 3D Benchy is a staple object in the 3D printing community, definitely being one of the most 3D printed models out there. When you’ve dialed in your 3D printer settings, the 3D Benchy is the perfect test to ensure your 3D printer is performing at a good quality level. There are many ways to…
If you wonder whether you can pause a 3D print, you are not alone. 3D prints can last many hours, and even days in some cases, so being able to pause a 3D print would be very important. Yes, you can pause a 3D print directly from your 3D printer’s control box. Simply click your…
If you find that the nozzle on your 3D printer won’t screw in, whether it’s an Ender 3 or Prusa machine, you’ll want to learn how to fix this issue. Sometimes the nozzle on your 3D printer won’t be flush, won’t screw in, or be stripped. Depending on the situation, you’ll need a good solution…
3D printed parts come in all shapes and sizes, but in some instances they come as not very solid. If you are 3D printing an object that you don’t want to be very solid, then this is perfect, but what about when you want your 3D prints to be solid? To fix 3D prints that…
I went through a long period of great 3D printing with no issues, but then I started to experience my Z-axis starting to slip down and slowly fall while it was raised up. I couldn’t figure out why it was dropping like this, so I went to try and figure this out. To fix your…
The thermistor on your 3D printer serves an important function, though some people can get confused on what exactly it does, and how it helps out. I wrote this article to set people on the right path on thermistors so they can understand it better. In this article, we are going to explain all about…
I’ve heard there’s a phenomenon of 3D printers deciding to not print in the center, and rather to start printing in the left or right corner, which must be frustrating. That’s why I set out to write an article that could help users finally overcome this problem. You can fix a 3D printer not printing…
There are many situations where you experience a power outage or want to pause your 3D prints. I’ve gone through it myself, so I wanted to find out information about pausing 3D prints, resuming failed ones, and using OctoPrint. You can fix a 3D print that failed midway by identifying the layer where it failed,…
I have my Ender 3 printing a model with the spool of filament in place, and it got me wondering. Does 3D printer filament ever go bad or expire? I had to go out and figure out the answer, so that’s what I’ll be sharing in this article. Keep on reading through the rest of…
Although 3D printing produces pretty detailed models that look almost identical to the CAD image, the dimensional accuracy and tolerance aren’t perfectly identical. This is something called shrinkage, which happens in 3D prints that you probably don’t even notice. I thought about just how much shrinkage occurs in 3D prints, an ideal question for those…