Comment on Flashforge AD5X, how long do nozzles last? Premature wear
thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 1 day ago
It depends on the filament you use but if you are using brass nozzles, best to get use to replacing them periodicly. Just look at thingaverse or the prusa site for nozzle assessories and look at how people make cases for multiples sizes and numbers of nozzles. IDK what kind of quality that FlashForge has but its pretty typical to wear out the nozzle (just maybe not as fast as you are experiencing)
but you might be having problems with the preloading or the tension on the filament feeding gear. IDK who method that uses but I had similar problems with my PRUSA until I replaced the Hotend PTFE tube. Those will also wear out so get a few if your printer uses that feeding system
batmaniam@lemmy.world 1 day ago
yeah I anticipated wear, but with <2kg of material that seems excessive no? I did have some feed issues, but even with those resolved and it feeding nicely, I still have problems. A friend of mine did suggest that maybe with the feed issues I managed to do something that brought the nozzle out of spec and that’s why I’m getting issues.
thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 1 day ago
you might want to check how tight the filament is before it goes into the system, like it was a popular trend to find a way to get your spools on bearings instead of free spinning, as that extra tension goes a long way to create problems.
Good luck, hope you can fix it without having to tear down the whole print head