SainSmart x Creality Ender-3 3D Printer

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If anyone feels like they missed out and want to pick it up in the Hartford, CT area - you can have mine for $160 - assembled.

This is the second print where the plate ended up shifting - last time it was worse as the plate ended up on the ground and the printer continued to print. I have a $160 printer that uses 4 small binder clips to hold the plate in place?

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My father has an Irisvision unit for his low vision, and kept knocking the goggles off the charging puck. This was the first thing I printed for it

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thats not the plate you use - that is merely for protection of the actual plate.

the plate itself heats up, and you’ll want it at least 80c for the filament to stick properly.

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Glad I wasn’t alone in this. Why to they not give you enough filament to finish the demo print job?

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That is not true. Best practice is to print on the black plastic build plate or on a replacement glass plate, not on the bare Al plate. If you insist on printing on the Al plate, add a layer of Kapton tape to print on.

-PJ-

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you’re adorable.

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I built mine this past weekend, ran into an issue I did not find online… in order to adjust the front of the plate to be where it needed to be, the back was too high, no matter how I adjusted it. I fixed this temporarily by putting a couple of small washers beneath each of the front springs. I have ordered some of the yellow springs which I hope will be a permanent fix. After my fix, printed “the dog” with no problems.

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It really looks like you have the nozzle to close to the build plate. I find glass works the best with Elmer’s glue stick. There is a video on YouTube that has a excellent demo on leveling the Ender 3 and a link to two good files that would help level it.

I use the paper method as a guide then I hot level it (make adjustments on the fly)

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I had a similar issue, except it was the right side of the build plate that I just could not get leveled. My issue was in building the unit. I had installed the vertical post that the z-motor and extruder attach to incorrectly. Once I flipped it around everything leveled just fine.

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That’s right. Printed another 3d printer. Google CoreXY or Mostly printed 3d Printer

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I assembled lately. but i still have some extra screws. not sure if Ender gave extra hardware or did i miss anything. (two T screws, pair of black Aluminium mount screws, 2 extra nozzle, some small screws)

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I picked up the ender3 pro in November from Woot.

Extra nozzles, yes…
Extra screws, no.

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But there is no god.

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Weird response to a nearly half year old topic.