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WendyArmbuster t1_j7e5df6 wrote

I don't know much about the Ender 3, but I did help a dude get his set up after having a lot of trouble with it. None of his rail guides were tight on the rails, and the instructions it came with were abysmal. Once we got them tightened up and got the bed leveled it started working well.

What filament are you printing with? How does the software handle the auto-leveler? How does it detect the bed? (my Prusas use a Pinda proximity sensor, and my Lulzbots touch the nozzle against steel washers on the corners) Do you have to type the first layer height into Cura or Prusaslicer or whatever you use, or do you set it during a calibration routine?

Do your prints fail right off the bat, or somewhere midway through? My guess is that this is a bed-leveling or first layer height issue, or you're printing with ABS on a surface that ABS doesn't adhere to well.

Describe exactly what happens during your first layer please, and that will help a lot.

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The_Kings_Goblet OP t1_j7e6jk3 wrote

So I think my rail guides are too tight. The auto leveler is attached next to the extruder housing. When I run the level function, it sticks out this little nub and pokes the bed in like nine spots all over and then it auto homes back to the center. It doesn't give feedback or anything. I haven't fussed with the slicer, and I'm going to try cura tomorrow since I've been using the default that the Chinese instructions recommended.

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