Snapmaker 2.0 A350 not loading filament properly

[xchrisd]

What to you appears is called filament grinding. It could be a clogged nozzle or too much force because of retraction.
Have a look at this thread:

A350 printing "into thin air", no filament extruded

This sounds like user error. It is likely that your extruder gear is spinning as intended but the filament itself has had a groove ground into it by the gear. [image] This can be caused by a number of reasons as follows: Printing at too low a temperature, if you do this there will be excess pressure in your hot end which wont allow the filament to be extruded at the proper rate. Your extruder gear then over time grinds a notch in the filament and no longer can grip it properly resulting in…