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I recently had two print failures on my Ender 3 Neo. In both, it looked like the part came free from the heated build plate after about an hour or so of printing. Both had good starts in the first 15 minutes or so. I had a successful print finish two days ago.

It has been hot and humid here today, and my printer is in a non-AC shed not connected to the house.

I'm wondering if I should wait to kick off the next print until this evening when it should be cooler. Do I need to clean the build plate? I've not done that at all, other than make sure these isn't any filament left on the plate when it finishes.

UPDATE: It's apparent the problem isn't the heat, but the fact that I haven't cleaned the build plate since... well, ever. Adjusting the title to reflect that.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm printing PLA+ at 200C nozzle, 60C bed temp. It's been fine so far with a few failures I've filed under "User Error".

OK, now I'm curious how I change the bed temp settings after the first layer -- something in the slicer? I'm using Ultimaker Cura, and have just recently been digging into the advanced settings.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Its called initial layer bed temperature. You can tune different settings for initial layers (temps, speed, fan speed etc). You deffo need 0 fan on first layer as well.

Alternatively you can use Change At Z script or just manually change temp on your printer lcd

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah you can change the settings in cura. I believe it’s under the materials section after you injure the setting