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Warping: why corners lift off the bed
Corners curling up mid-print is a heat and adhesion problem, not a mystery. Here's what actually stopped it for me.
Layer shifting: why prints suddenly look offset
A clean print that suddenly shifts sideways partway through usually isn't a mystery -- it's almost always one of three…
Stringing between parts: the retraction fix
Thin hairs of plastic strung between every part of a print usually come down to one setting family: retraction. Here's…
The dreaded spaghetti print: causes and fixes
When a print detaches and the nozzle just draws squiggles in the air, here's what usually went wrong, and the…
Why your print won’t stick to the bed
Corners lifting, whole prints sliding off mid-job, or nothing sticking at all -- here's my checklist for bed adhesion problems,…
Clogged nozzle? How I diagnose and fix it
No filament coming out, or barely a trickle? Here's how I tell a clog apart from a jam or a…
Designing your first printable part in CAD
A beginner-friendly walkthrough for sketching, extruding, and exporting your first STL file.