I am a totally frustrated.
Got a J1 at the end of February and until now I always had issues with printing.
Today I tried to print in copy mode with PLA.
After approx. 10 minutes the print stopped with clogged warning. Unable to do anything but cancelling the job and throwing the already printed PLA away
Then I heated up the two extrudes and tapped on load… everything is fine, no clogging at all.
I think I never managed to get a perfect print out of this device. The most annoying thing is, that you cannot let the printer print without sitting next to it and waiting for the next error, I don’t like to print anymore with it.
The complete opposite is my bambulabs x1c. Just fire and forget.
If there is a user from Germany (near to Hamburg) who wants to buy my j1, just send me a pm.
Hi,
I changed the filament supply yesterday to that design which is shown on your screenshots.
At least I did not have false errors anymore, but one spool which was relatively empty,slipped from the bearings to the front because of missing weight.I was in backup mode and the print finished with the second extruder.
But again, you can see the moment it happend in the print, bad Quality just on this layer. I have to think about putting some weight in the middle of the spools or something else to hold them on the bearings when the are near to empty.
Can you show me a screenshot where and how to put grease on? Have you got a recommendation which grease?
Thank you very much for your assistance, I had a bad printing day yesterday and was so annoyed…. Hope this will get better.
look at the pictures from this post, remove the washer on the filament detector, and apply silicone grease to the heatbreak. I am using the silicone grease for CPU cooling.
Remember, there are two clog positions in the extruder. if temp too low, the nozzle will clog. if temp too high, the heatbreak will clog. DO NOT set temp too high. if heatbreak is clogged, it is very difficult to unclog. I am now using 215℃ for PETG printing.
At this moment you only can see the option if a print is started.
Press then adjust on the screen and on the left side you have options to set until print is running. There u can set the z offset.
I think I have no adhesion issues but filament feeding/melting issues…
Sure, I can completely disassemble the extrudes and change whole parts, put grease on and so on, but honestly I had the expectation that this would not be necessary on a device in this price class.
i feel with you in this case, may Contact the support and they can send you New Extruders.
Can not be true to sale a Printer with issues like this. The Toy Fans for Part Cooling are Funny to, way to small and very cheap quality, no much airflow for this temp and speed, i put 5015 on it. now is way better. i can not understand why they use cheap parts like this. we pay much money for the printer so its ok to pay 20 more and get good part coolers. If i had that issues with extruders too, i would Returned too.
Next days i test PETG and others hope i get it printed. lol
I dont have this Problem that u have but some others.
some cheaper Printers need less work from out of the Box.
I know its new model but, did finish it first, fest it more and then bring it to customers.
i like the Machine but i see there are much differences and some stuff missed on software, firmware and hardware, hope they upgrade that soon
I fear contacting the support will be useless for solving problems that are by design. I have to think about what to do now, trying to get a refund or selling it on ebay maybe…
Well, for me the J1 plays in the league of a Raise3D E2 - and look at the price tag of that one.
Or, in other words: for an IDEX printer of such a build quality, the J1 is a f***ing bargain. This means for me that some optimisation before you can print is perfectly okay and should be expected.
A Bambulab (which some here seem to use as a comparison) for example is something entirely different, That thing may be fast, but apart from that and from some goodies it is nothing but the same simple single extruder printer as any Ender or Anycubic for 200-ish Euros. Hence, to make its price tag reasonable, it better be “plug and play”.
I agree, but i also consider that the clog problem must be solved by snapmaker officially, as extruding smoothly is a very essential function for a printer
We paid over $1,000 for this thing. It should work, I shouldn’t be a beta tester. And if I am, I should be compensated with the fixes when they are available.
I get that I bought this on Kickstarter, so that’s why I’m not raging on support or here in the forums, but there’s enough other people that actually bought this thinking it was a plug-and-play machine that it’s a problem.
