daannii

Check your printing area and spool holder. Make sure there isn’t anything that could be touching the spool over time or if it’s sticking on the holder.

Any little thing like that can cause filament to get held up just enough to look like a clog.

I’ve had regular basic pla start to get pretty brittle in as short as 1 year after opened. And others that are 3 years old and fine.

I store them all in green crates. Away from heat and light.

I had to replace my heating element part.

It’s a known issue on Bambu printers. youtu.be/RCF6XNUGIGY?is=l4CrXuIqzhzEu50R

I found that new rolls seem to not want to unroll as easy because of the weight. If I have this problem, it’s usually on a new roll.

They do work better/faster at closer range.

I like the ideas you bring to the conversation

And it’s technically not damaging the camera. So hard to get prosecuted for vandalism.

I wonder if you could design these to basically 3d a frame and then attach cardboard , price of fabric, on the front. or something.

to reduce the filament use and print time.

This is kind of a big print. Good idea though.

I’ve honestly only had one bad roll ever.

I’ve bought a ton of cheap 3djhor filament with no issues.

I’ve tried at least 20 brands.

I can say my ender was way more finicky than my Bambu is. The Bambu rarely has issues even with filament my ender struggled with.

Also the only filament I have had to be choosey with is silks.

And brand is just one factor. I’ve had good rolls of one color from a brand and not so great of a different color. Same brand.

Basically poor overhangs. But otherwise they all print well. Just some do worse on overhangs.

Maybe fixed by slowing the print speed down but not usually a big deal on whatever I was printing.

What kind of printer do you have ?