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What are some of the questions we answered this week?

How do I get my first layer perfect for 3D printing?

Can I upgrade my CR – 10S with a SKR Mini E3?

Question for you all, I updated my 1.3 SKR and ever since I’ve done that I cannot see the board on my computer so I cannot update it anymore it shows it on the computer but with no SD card showing up.

Hey I have a nonsticking bed any recomondation?

If you have a lPC1769 processor on the board you have to issue M22 first to see the sd card show up as a USB device?

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What are some of the questions we answered this week?

I got a new 3d printer bed for my cr-10 and the nozzle keeps getting shaved off when it is barely is touching the bed any nozzle you recommend?

Any thoughts on power supplies what is the best one to buy for a 24-volt? My second question is what is the best bed for a cr10s?

What do you guys think of the Trigorilla boards, and what would be a good replacement for it going into a Anycubic I3 mega S?

​I have a question is there any risk to printing glow in the dark filiment?

I just finally got Marlin 2.0 with Bltouch installed on my CR10s with Petsfang, Micro Swiss hotend. How can I adjust the Z offset to a negative value? When I get to zero the value will not go lower?

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What did we answer this week?

Do you think the ender 3 glass heated bed will work on the mingda 2d?

Is it worth replacing all moving wires with silicon wire to avoid usage stress?

I upgraded my cr-10 to a direct drive the one that you all recommended on thingiverse and now I’m having some issues looking like it’s under excluding didn’t know if I needed to change my esteps?

Do you have any tips for stopping filament twisting in the bowden tube and causing the extruder to jump and grind the filament?

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What did we answer this week?

I was wondering what fan I could use to replace the fan on the hotend of my Cr 10 v2? 

​I was wondering what a good direct drive and hotend would be good for a Cr 10 v2 and a Cr 10s pro v2?

I enabled/calibrated Linear Advance on my E3P with bowden, and results were terrible. Tons of zits. Is Linear Advance mostly for DD?

Do you guys think there will be much of a learning curve/never before seen issues with the CR-30?

I’ve had my Ender 5 Pro for almost three months. I haven’t upgraded anything. I can print most anything I want. Is there any reason to add a BL Touch or upgrade to a 32bit board?
 
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What did we answer this week?

Divinch 1.0 can’t get it heating

SKR v1.4 TMC 2209

Faulty filament detection

Using flexible ware for the heated bed

Can you print TPU without the extruder?

Updating BLtouch with the new version of Marlin 2.0+

Where to change E-step value 415

Problems burning bootloaders with Ender3

Filament humidity are their problems where you live?

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What did we answer this week?

New silent board mainboard fan does not start until print calling fan starts

Is there written instructions to update the firmware on the mainboard and on the display

Bigtree TECH SKR V1.4 / With 5xTMC2209 V1.2 and a  Bigtree SKR MINI E3 32 Bit Control Board Integrated TMC2209 UART for my CR-10S

There are hundreds of parts and such you can put on your 3d printer to “upgrade it”. Is it worth my time to install them?

 Vertical line problem

Creality CR10S, motherboard 2.0 Creality, and marlin firmware is it possible to decrease the micro-stepping in the X and Y axle?

I have solid bed mounts, can I replace the tightening wheels with locking nuts and bolts?

My BLtouch doesn’t probe the bed correctly for some points at startup. What should I do to make it always work correctly?

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