From the workshop
PLA or PETG in a chamber that is too hot softens before the hotend: the extruder slips, filament buckles and squeezes out the side, the heatbreak clogs. Causes and fixes.
What retraction is in 3D printing, how to set length and speed for direct drive and Bowden, how to remove stringing – and what not to overdo.
How to choose the build volume of a 3D printer: when 300×300 or 350×350 mm is enough and when 500×500 or 600×600 mm pays off. Cost, print time, materials.
When you need a 3D printer with an enclosed or heated chamber: ABS, ASA, nylon, large prints without warping or cracking. A practical guide.
Klipper or Marlin? A comparison of 3D printer firmware: speed, input shaping, pressure advance, configuration – and when it is worth switching to Klipper.
Voron 600x600 or 500x500: what a large Voron gives you, where scaling gets hard, and when a ready 600×600 3D printer with Klipper and Revo OS is the better choice.
Looking for a 500×500×500 mm 3D printer? See what an extra 100 mm gives you: 44% more bed area, larger parts in one piece and why 600×600 is often the better choice.
Starting nozzle, bed and chamber temperatures for PLA, PETG, ABS, ASA, TPU and nylon, how to run a temperature tower in Orca Slicer and how speed and nozzle size change the values.