https://www.soliforum.com/topic/3899/plastic-sticking-to-my-hot-end/ Sat, 14 Sep 2013 12:17:14 +0000 PunBB https://www.soliforum.com/post/36324/#p36324 I adjusted the Z offset and that seems to have done the trick. Thanks for everyone's help. I'm still a bit of a noob.

]]> Sat, 14 Sep 2013 12:17:14 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/36324/#p36324 https://www.soliforum.com/post/36205/#p36205 i always use knife to clean outside of the nozzle tip.. just heat it up and scrap those burned abs off the nozzle. also you should have a long tweezer ready when you heat up your nozzle, it's useful for pinching the leaking plastic

]]> Fri, 13 Sep 2013 13:29:10 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/36205/#p36205 https://www.soliforum.com/post/36201/#p36201 maybe a clog... how does the abs come out the nozzle? in a nice straight vertical line?

]]> Fri, 13 Sep 2013 12:46:48 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/36201/#p36201 https://www.soliforum.com/post/36168/#p36168 If you can't print a single layer I would check the basics.... is your bed level? is the ztab for bed height set properly? and of course is the extrusion calibration spot on?

]]> Fri, 13 Sep 2013 04:14:28 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/36168/#p36168 https://www.soliforum.com/post/36118/#p36118 I believe I got hairspray all over it before I read that I shouldn't do that. I've been cleaning it with acetone but abs continues to stick to the side and build up and/or ruin the print. Can't even put down a single layer.

]]> Thu, 12 Sep 2013 21:19:56 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/36118/#p36118