3D Printing Failures, 2020 Edition : How to Diagnose and Repair ALL Desktop 3D Printing Issues

This book has been entirely revamped and rewritten to encompass all of the updates in the 3D printing industry. Nearly 50% longer than the previous edition, this 2020 version of 3D Printing Failures has 7 new chapters, new photographs, and has each chapter rewritten, including a "Material Science" chapter by Nicolas Tokotuu, Product Manager at Polymaker. Whether you are new to 3D printing or have dozens of prints under your belt, this book is for you! Sean Aranda and David Feeney have hundreds of thousands of successful hours of printing, so let them help you achieve consistent, clean prints. Cover 2 TOC Kindle 3 Introduction 5 Diagram of a 3D Printer 22 Diagnosing Failures 25 Bed Adhesion 66 Build Plate Not Heating 82 Build Plate Not Reading Correct Temperature 91 Built Up Material in Nozzle 96 Electrical Safety 105 Elephant Foot 113 Extruder Motor Skipping 118 Filament Snaps 135 Gaps in Walls 142 Ghosting 150 Hotend Can't Reach or Maintain a Temperature 159 Hotend Not Heating 169 Hotend Not Reading Correct Temperature 175 Important Accessories and Replacements 180 Layer Shifts 187 LCD Blank or Dark 207 Mandatory Maintenance for your 3D Printer 213 Materials and their Settings 224 Material Science 245 Missing Layers 273 Model Errors 287 Not Finding Home 294 Nozzle Clogs 301 Over Under Extrusion 315 Parts Being Knocked Over 335 Parts Not Mating Together 344 Poor Layer Adhesion 356 Post-Processing 365 Print Pauses Mid Print 381 Quality Options 388 Running Out of Filament 394 Settings Issues 401 Speed Limitations 429 Stepper Motors Overheating or Malfunctioning 437 Stripped Filament 447 Unlevelled Build Plate 456 Warping 465 Z Axis Wobble 474 Z Height 488 Tips if Still Not Working 497 Limitations Involved with 3D Printing 505 Upgrading Printer 509 Resources 523 About the Author 533