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Unable to print PLA (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hello all,

I have had Prusa MINI for a few years already and I have printed PLA without an issue but recently I have printed only PETG for some time I got through multiple spools of PETG without any print in PLA. But after I tried to print PLA my extruder kept skipping and grinding filament and when I tried to feed filament by hand it went easy for a little bit but after that, it went very hard as if the filament was cold so I tried to bump up the temperature to 235C and it helped a little bit but on faster sections of print like the infill extruder is skipping again. I don't think I have unreasonable speeds i am using a standard Prusament PLA profile with Prusament PLA. I have also tried PLA+ from some different brand with the same result. Then I changed the nozzle from an E3D hardened steel nozzle with nano coating to brass (not new I have printed PETG on this one as well) still with the same result. PETG is printing fine. Is there something I can try, please? I am out of options.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Purge some pla at higher temp than you print petg at, or even better use different nozzle for pla. If hotend and ptfe tube are clean try changing tension in extruder spring. Unlikely, but wrong tension can also cause grinding

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

AFAIK the Prusa Mini does not have a tension spring, but maybe the extruder wheel is dirty?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Thanks for the tip the extruder wheels were dirty from all the grinding but there is a tensioning spring and i have it quite loose because i had an issue with PETG because i have my printer in enclosure and with bed at 80C in enclosure was so warm that my filament which is inside the enclosure as well was so soft that extruder squash it a little bit and it git stuck inside that longer ptfe tube which is between extruder and hotend