First prints, First problems

First thing I wanted to print was better nozzel air duct. I got the stl file from Thingverse (link below). Stl file is 3d model which you need for printing. First thing to do is getting 3d file or make your own 3d model and open it with slicing software. I use mostly Cura and sometimes I use Simplify3D. In these programs you can change printing settings like size, layer height, printing speed, temperatures, fill percent and more. After slicing you can print it directly using USB cabel connected to your printer or save a gcode file to your SD memory card which was in the package. I saved gcode file to my SD card and then I put it in the SD card slot which is located on mainboard.

I plugged in the power cable and heated up heatbed and extruder. Then the First Problem occured. I didn't find print from SD option in menu. It took me long time to figure it out. The SD card which was in the package is not working with Anet A8. I tried another SD card and it worked.




Printing started and filament was coming out the nozzel and then the Second Problem occured. The filament did't stick on the heatbed and nozzel dragged it along and made a mess. That was because nozzel distance from heatbed was to big. Before printing I manually leveled heatbed, but somehow I did it wrong. I leveled it once more and I got filament to stick. The bed leveling is what you need to do before printing. I will write more about it in my next post. Now I use auto leveling.


Back to the printing. It started printing fine but after some layers the printed detail came off the bed. Third Problem. The cap between the nozzel and bed was correct, but the heatbed temperature was too low. I change heatbed temp to 60°C and tried again. It worked. My first print finished and it was amazing. It was difficult to successfully print my first 3D model, but it was worth it. 


 MY FIRST 3D PRINTS