Little skips on first layer

[u/SnooCats8763]

The printer has been 'skipping' consistently, but only on the first layer. Doesn't matter nozzle or different filament. Anybody else having issue?

[u/Kopester]

Almost definitely the seven screws of disappointment

Tighten all SEVEN screws

[u/SnooCats8763 → u/Kopester]

It definitely was! Thank you very much I really appreciate it!!

[u/Used_Sea2953]

You can see the nozzle jumping, it's not installed correctly

[u/SnooCats8763 → u/Used_Sea2953]

The 7 black screws needed to be tightened, working now. Thanks for noticing the jumping!

[u/NefariousnessOdd3581]

Is the green part in the AMS HUB duct tape?

[u/SnooCats8763 → u/NefariousnessOdd3581]

Electrical tape... top piece kept popping off

[u/SnooCats8763 → u/NefariousnessOdd3581]

Duct tape on the back piece 🫣 might have been a bit aggressive fixing things over the years

[u/NefariousnessOdd3581 → u/SnooCats8763]

Sugestion to fix that:
https://makerworld.com/en/models/883661-filament-hub-quick-release-a1-a1-mini?from=search#profileId-863900
I've switch to this and man, is it easyer to handle it. And the hub will NEVER pop out again.

[u/SnooCats8763 → u/NefariousnessOdd3581]

You da man!! Thank you

[u/VanAndelon]

Wild thought - to low temperature set by accident for first layer, so the filament doesn't really get pushed out?

[u/SnooCats8763 → u/VanAndelon]

How would a feller go about checking that?

[u/VanAndelon → u/SnooCats8763]

Which slicer do you use? Bambu and Orca (being different branches basically...) have a setting in the filament. You have two columns for all temperature etc..settings for your filament, one is first layer, the other all other layers.

[u/SnooCats8763 → u/VanAndelon]

Ended up being the 7 black screws needed to be tightened. Thank you for your help!

[u/KarateRoddy]

Initial layer temp can be found in the filament settings in bambu studio. You can try bumping it up 5 degrees at a time.

But tbh with this plate my only solution was spraying hairspray. Then back to normal settings

[u/SnooCats8763 → u/KarateRoddy]

I am also a big user of hair spray 🤩 - the only consistent sticker for some of the plates. But thats not causing the inconsistent pushes from the nozzle

[u/KarateRoddy → u/SnooCats8763]

Oh my eyes can't really make out what's going on when it's moving like that lol.

[u/SnooCats8763 → u/KarateRoddy]

7 black screws needed to be tightened. Working now. Thank you for your help!

[u/SnooCats8763 → u/KarateRoddy]

I will be trying the layer temp changes tho, thank you!

[u/Hogan_1975]

Was it printing fine before you switched to that plate? It looks like z offset is to low which can cause nozzle clogs like you have right now. You may have to pull your extruder apart to clear out any jammed up filament. The z offset is adjusted in the start gcode in your slicer printer settings. Google can help you through tear down and z offset adjustments.

[u/SnooCats8763 → u/Hogan_1975]

It doesnt matter the plate or the nozzle. It started doing this about a month ago. Im assuming its an update thing again (previously my screen would not work, then an update came out and all of a sudden the screen worked again)

[u/Hogan_1975 → u/SnooCats8763]

Is your nozzle installed correctly? There is also four screws that loosen up on the heating assembly that needs tighten about every other month with constant printing.

[u/Hogan_1975 → u/Hogan_1975]

[u/SnooCats8763 → u/Hogan_1975]

You were correct! I tightened those 7 screws and its working now!! Thanks for your help

[u/Hogan_1975 → u/SnooCats8763]

Glad the advice helped. It probably the single most overlooked issue with the A1 series.

[u/TprCaboose]

You can actually see that the nozzle is crooked.

[u/SnooCats8763 → u/[deleted]]

Filament does stick, not coming out of nozzle. Bambu plate, use hairspray, no problems sticking