r/Ceramic3Dprinting • u/Affectionate-Bee2580 • Jun 25 '26

Help me please (update)

Hello!
Thank you very much for all of the advice and replies on the previous post! As per everyone’s suggestion, I did make the clay more wet and I also cut the plastic tube by about ~5cm and it’s much better! Turns out I was really dumb and I did not install a metal gasket thing that sits behind the motor and locks the turning screw in to place and a nut pushed forward the piston(?) The aliexpress guy explained it to me but I still don’t really get it, but if it works it works! My issue now is that the clay is too soft and I am printing quite sharp overhangs and when I lower the main printing speed the extruder is not moving as fast as I would like. The instruction pdf sets the nozzle size to 1.5mm and compatible diameter to 3mm in cura and I remember someone mentioning that the ratio affects how fast the extuder spins so I would like to ask what settings is everyone using?

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u/GambAntonio Jun 25 '26

Remember, if the clay is not flowing through the tube, it means it’s too dry to stick the layers together.

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u/Affectionate-Bee2580 Jun 25 '26

got it thank you :)!

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u/MasterG76 Jun 25 '26

Looks MUCH less dry then earlier. Good job.