I have spent parts of the last 2 days trying to finish calibrating a hardened stainless steel .60mm nozzle with Sunlu PLA+ 2.0 filament.

I have been trying to print a test cube and I couldn't get the first layer to stick period. I washed plates, I swapped plates, I removed the nozzle and reinstalled it.

I swapped different filament brands, and they all printed flawlessly. Try that Sunlu white PLA and instant failure again. I was about ready to admit defeat and dry my first spool of PLA ever because I could think of nothing else to do.

But I took one last look at my settings for this filament. And I finally noticed my flow ratio was set at .096 rather than .96. I didn't even know the slicer would allow a number that small.

Once again the error was found to be located between the chair and the screen.........

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[–] 10 points 1 month ago (1 child)

I once spent quite a bit of time because I fat fingered a huge retraction amount and failed to spot it for days. You wouldn't think the slicer would have allowed a 50mm retraction distance either. It was a direct drive extruder and I was unloading my filament when I thought my extruder was stopping up randomly.

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