For those new to 3D printing, said the person who has never 3D printed anything (yet*), Simplify 3D has put a mini-encyclopedia of fault-finding for filament printing on its website. Extremely usefully, it is indexed by a set of pictures – click on the one that looks most liek your problem and there is a …
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