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Hictop Prusa i3 stops extruding at the same place in part

Posted by TheOrvinator 
Hictop Prusa i3 stops extruding at the same place in part
March 26, 2018 01:44PM
Hi guys,
Thanks in advance for your help! I have a Hictop 3DP-12 Prusa i3.
I've been trying to print a certain part, and it prints beautifully up until a certain point towards the end of the print. This is a point where there is a series of small extrusions being made.
So far, I've tried:
- Replacing hotend cooling fan
- Replacing part cooling fan
- Replacing controller board
- Changing filament spools
- Changing extruder stepper motor
- Replacing hotend assembly (throat, PTFE, nozzle, heating element, temperature sensor)
- Changing extruder stepper drivers
- Reflashing the software
- Reuploading the part file
- Changing the extruder motor cable
I didn't really change anything when this started happening. I had just swapped out the extruder motor cable and that fixed a different problem. Then I printed several beautiful parts, before this started happening.
Any thoughts? Again, thanks in advance.
Matt
Re: Hictop Prusa i3 stops extruding at the same place in part
March 26, 2018 01:49PM
I forgot to add what the actual problem is!
The filament just stops extruding, and the printer carries on printing nothing until the part finishes.
Re: Hictop Prusa i3 stops extruding at the same place in part
March 26, 2018 05:01PM
Have you tried using a different slicer?
Re: Hictop Prusa i3 stops extruding at the same place in part
March 26, 2018 06:11PM
I haven't tried that, it intimidates me a bit because I've never used any but Cura before. Cura has been working great for me, up until this issue, though.
Re: Hictop Prusa i3 stops extruding at the same place in part
March 27, 2018 10:11AM
And as much as it might seem like common sense... Have you tried re-slicing the same part?

I had one print where the printer gave me some error. I thought that it just somehow went overtemp, but then I restarted the print, and it did exactly the same thing, in exactly the same spot. I re-sliced the file, and then it printed fine. Try making a small change to infill settings, or rotate the model 180 degrees to force the gcode to be slightly different.


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Re: Hictop Prusa i3 stops extruding at the same place in part
March 28, 2018 12:27AM
I've tried re-slicing it, but the only difference was moving the part to the side, so I'm not sure if that was enough to force a significantly different gcode.
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