Supports fail to adhere during printing
64 posts in the last 30 days, all from r/3Dprinting.
“Already printed a full one where the exact same thing happened. Tuned some settings and still the same issue. Elegoo PLA+.”
“No print-quality image; I am in lecture rn, sadly, but will get one. Whenever I try to print with PVA for supports (on a PLA hollow sphere, so I need PVA), I get an issue with poor initial and layer adhesion, but I am confused. Some guides say to print with a lower nozzle temp…”
“Hey Everyone, I have an issue with my print where the part that ive made to be a little flexible keeps breaking here where the red line is on the image. I’ve tried a few different print orientations where the lines aren’t laying parallel to this cut-out, but the print just…”
Users are experiencing issues with 3D printer supports detaching or failing to properly support overhanging sections of prints, resulting in structural defects and print failures. This is linked to machine calibration and settings adjustments.
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“I copied the suggested print speeds from the creator but their pre supported files still keep failing, any advice? submitted by /u/Lonely_University843 [link] [comments]”
New to printing and just got an ender 3. I warm up the base and run it through a bed leveling “print” and adjust as necessary. Then, when I try to print…
“Looks like the top/bottom layer doesn’t bond to the body well? Not sure what’s happening here tbh but it’s happened to basically anything that I print that is box shaped. In this event it’s a garage and I believe that on the inside this is happening and sagging, this catching the door to prevent it from closing. Any help is appreciated. Ender 3 PLA+ EDIT: 15% infill Sparse infill: cross hatch Internal solid infill: monotonic 2 wall loops 7 top shell layers 100% top and bottom surface density 5 b”
“Already printed a full one where the exact same thing happened. Tuned some settings and still the same issue. Elegoo PLA+. submitted by /u/mellowlex [link] [comments]”
“Does anyone know why my layer lines mess up an inch high on my prints then fixes itself? I’m on a creality ender 3 pro using PLA at 205C with Cura. All help is appreciated. submitted by /u/SpartanA259_ [link] [comments]”
“19 hours into a 59 hour print. I was just in the room to get something and I hear the prime tower falling over. 😬 Must be a bit of bad bed adhesion in the corner. Only thing I could think of now was duct tape. The second image shows so far it’s holding. 🫣 Only 40 more hours to go. submitted by /u/ajkwak2017 [link] [comments]”
“What could have cause my print to end up as a connected web of filament, some of the supports have bases but not much is left of them after the first couple layers submitted by /u/IndividualCouple7710 [link] [comments]”
“Ankermake M5C (now EufyMake). I’m a noob at printing and I can’t figure out what’s wrong. submitted by /u/mofovo [link] [comments]”
“ive made about 20 attempts to print, but every time the base is being laid, small parts flick up and dry which ends up getting stuck on the nozzle and dragging over everything else. ive tried different distances, temps, files, re-calibrated 100 times, and the issue persists. is anyone able to provide some insight? thanks! submitted by /u/Deep-Car-5895 [link] [comments]”
“Tried some support fins to save time and filament, on a piece that was hard to find the right orientation, didn’t realize they get floppy and weird as they get tall. Had a lot of progress on the print, so I saved it with a little… ingenuity. The more you look at it, the worse it gets. Part completed 👍 submitted by /u/Luck_Cool [link] [comments]”
“Can anyone tell me why my print looks like this? I'm printing on a FF AD5X and that is PLA. submitted by /u/Chill82 [link] [comments]”
“Hi, chasing some help with the design and print of this, it’s a handle for a small keychain tool (nvm the knurling mess, its a WIP!). Every time I try print this thing it hangs up right at the last moment. My filament is dry, I have tried Arachne and original walls, I’ve tried reducing the overhang to even 45deg by making it a diamond, also tried a cylinder and hexagon, and it’s still not working. No artifacts that I can see at that layer in either slicer or CAD, have tried reimporting, using di”
“No print-quality image; I am in lecture rn, sadly, but will get one. Whenever I try to print with PVA for supports (on a PLA hollow sphere, so I need PVA), I get an issue with poor initial and layer adhesion, but I am confused. Some guides say to print with a lower nozzle temp; some people on Reddit say to increase the nozzle temp. What should I do? PVA is dried and heated to 40 °C, so there is no humidity issue (no sign of bubbling and no hissing) Wouldn't increasing the temp make it too &#”
“My print has failed in this way twice in a row. I don’t know what to change to make this not happen. Please help! Thank you submitted by /u/Traderjohann [link] [comments]”
“Hello there! Perhaps you can give me a direction how to troubleshoot those? Watched a couple dozen of YouTube guides but haven’t seen anything like that so far. Weird thing is while one side of each part is near flawless the other one is utter dogshit all wavy and kinda melted(?)( only in some places though! ) regardless of the bed placement. The last one has some drips/blobs on random points throughout the layers too. The printer is a brand new Flashforge AD5M, I swapped the extruded for Phaetu”
“As title suggests, a lot of my prints that require supports usually struggle with this initial first layer after coming from a supports. I usually stick to default profiles when I print, and I havent ever messed with any of my axis settings or anything like that. Printing on a P1S on Bambu Black PLA, default temps (I believe 220) sliced on Bambu studios I had removed all of the supports before taking any pictures, but this is the BOTTOM of the print, where the supports actually met the object. A”
“Hey guys, I'm trying to print a plane for a friend. He gave me the STL-file and I had nothing but trouble with it, because most parts are hanging in the air and essentially the whole thing had to be printed on supports, which made for some really ugly surface on the bottom of the model (pic 1) I could solve most of my problems by cutting the plane in half and print it that way (pic 2). Unfortunately, now I encountered some strange behaviour and I don't know how to tackle it. The rear win”
“See post linked, I need help troubleshooting to prevent the corners from lifting when the top layer is getting printed. Mouse ears didn't help (default Prusa slicer helper disks with 99 perimeters). Printing with Prusa Core One L+, textured sheet, 0.15mm layers, 10mm print height 294mm long, using Prusa slicer 2.9.4, printing with Prusament PETG submitted by /u/Froth_Swog [link] [comments]”
“Hello! Im having trouble with my supports failing only on the left side (i tried printing the same model twice and the same support branch fell off. any tips? submitted by /u/More-Method2846 [link] [comments]”
“I have tried basically everything in the book to fix this, calibration, head cleaning, tube remounting, all maintenance suggestions, happens with every color every manufacturer of pla including bambu labs, multiple different flow rate tests and nozzle temps, it just constantly fails, goes back to purge chute, purges some filament and fixes itself but by the time it goes back the next line of filament makes these failed lines that curl and the next following sections are fine but the pri”
“Printer is Creality Ender 3V3 SE. I’m using Cura software submitted by /u/Itsjordanvbaby [link] [comments]”
“Hey Everyone, I have an issue with my print where the part that ive made to be a little flexible keeps breaking here where the red line is on the image. I’ve tried a few different print orientations where the lines aren’t laying parallel to this cut-out, but the print just doesn’t look good if i do it otherwise. Ive tried 45 Degrees on a corner, With supports, without supports etc. Printer Creality k2 Pro PETG2.0 Sunlu - 235 Degrees , unsure the speed but it has been calibrated fairly well. Usin”
“My theory is bed adhesion failure, I’m letting the print continue on a slower speed submitted by /u/Ok-Salary3532 [link] [comments]”
“Hi! This is my second attempt at this print with the same issue. After the first failure, I thought the tree supports might need a wider brim, so I increased the brim width and reduced the first layer speed. Unfortunately, neither adjustment seems to have helped. Any ideas on what might be causing this or what settings I should try adjusting? I’d appreciate any suggestions! Thank you in advance. submitted by /u/iizdaniela [link] [comments]”
“PLA on a Flashforge AD5X. I posted earlier this week, started getting really weird prints out of no where. Changed nozzles, issue persisted. Then it started clogging nozzles constantly, then it wouldn't print at all. I took apart everything except the extruder gears and then got it to print this benchy. What am I missing, I guess im gonna take apart the extruded gears too today, I just dont have any other ideas. submitted by /u/gkibbe [link] [comments]”
“Is this failure due to poor supports or maybe something else? Lift speed too fast? Leveled build plate. Calibrated with TF sword of truth. Smaller models succeed. Many models around this size fail. Saturn 2, Inslogic water washable abs like. Exp 3s, lift 50mm/m, light off delay 2s submitted by /u/Zachisawinner [link] [comments]”
“I turned off aux and chamber fan is that it? I do have problems with my white filament (professional lab pla white) submitted by /u/createminecrafter [link] [comments]”
“(Sent this to about 2 other subs and got nothing but "glue it down" when i already do, please help!!!) submitted by /u/Foreign_Apricot2558 [link] [comments]”
“Hey guys, I'm having issues mainly with supports, some parts of the print above the supports don't stick well. Also apart from stringing there are those little "ropes" which are more thick. It's an overture pla, it's dried and I've calibrated it, but seems like I'm really missing something because it doesn't happen with other filaments. Could you point me where I should look for the issue? Huge thanks for any advice submitted by /u/vsevolod03 [li”
“I’m using a Creality K2, using Polymaker PLA, and normal print speeds and getting this. I did the first test print on the printer with the PLA it came with them moved to PETG and it worked amazing. Now I’m back to PLA and I get this. Any ideas? I’m new to this so I have no idea. I cleaned the nozzle good, heated it up and ran a lot of pla through it and cleaned the gummed up petg from the exterior submitted by /u/CuzLightyear4L [link] [comments]”
“I have printed this twice, each with a different, surface pattern, doubt that matters but the thing is the defect is consistently worse in the upper left corner (back- left of machine.) I have a Bambu P1S in the pictures you can see the other corners are also messed up. I did use a 5mm brim thinking the corners were lifting ever so slightly submitted by /u/Spare-Ad6827 [link] [comments]”
“I recently bought an A1 and my supports are kinda wonky with my 0.2mm nozzle and some prints have failed because of it and I have no idea why submitted by /u/PipoDad [link] [comments]”
“If you look at middle slide, I've developed an inclined plane as an object mount. After 2 attempts of rotation / retrying, I iterate the model. This time, I made a completely vertical/solid underside on that area which connects into the leg so there's more surface area for tree, however it's still failing. At the time or writing this, I've tried again with painted supports and it's failed a 4th now, in a different location/rotation of the bed too submitted by /u/L”
“Ive been working on a Adam warlock karmic staff for a month or so now sanding and gluing it together. Now that its all in one piece im come across and issue. The staff is top heavy and when I hold the handle I can feel a lot of tension. I already have a 1/4 inch metal rod running through the whole staff. Is there any way I can add weight or reinforce the print? submitted by /u/I_So_Rich [link] [comments]”
“It's this model on makerworld: https://makerworld.com/nl/models/3376355-three-supports submitted by /u/NefariousnessWhole25 [link] [comments]”
“I'm using Ultimaker Cura, and I have this small precise print I'm designing it needs supports but I need the supported face to be as less crooked as possible so I need the support to be more dense. submitted by /u/CorrodingTrees [link] [comments]”
“from one day to the next I started getting issues with my prints is this being caused by filament, bed leveling extruder ? submitted by /u/ConsiderationWhole44 [link] [comments]”
“Almost every print I do now does this, I keep trying to troubleshoot but I can't figure out what it is, I'm using Sunlu PLA + 2.0, and this is an attempt at a Rocky (Project Hail Mary) print. If anyone has any ideas what's going on, please let me know! submitted by /u/Traditional-Ad-7704 [link] [comments]”
“Apologies for the lighting and reflection. This is some Overture TPU 95A that I've been trying to print in the last few days. At first with success to then having no luck with how the top surface has been coming out. I tried lowering the volumetric flow a bit and increased temps from 220c to 230c, which I did because the TPU was lacking layer adhesion in prints not included here. Anyway, I'm so stumped with these results, I can't wrap my head around what is causing this issue. I hope”
“Hey everyone, I'm trying to print a model with a very thin wall, but it keeps warping/curling and bending out of shape every single time. Here is what I've already tested with no success: Relief slot: Cut a thin slit/hole in the middle of the wall to break up continuous layer lines and relieve internal thermal stress. Speeds: 35mm/s acceleration 350mm/s² Slowed down the print speed significantly to allow each layer to settle. Current setup / specs: Material: PETG - I need it to be”
“Parts started coming out weird after months of using the Core One with no issues and I'd like to ask for some help diagnosing the issue. Some information about the part/file: Printed on Prusa Core One Printed using Polymax PC Filament is dried 6 hours prior using a Filament drying box on PC setting and immediately loaded into printer Printed using Prusa PC standard slicing settings (have been 100% fine for months up until 2-3 prints ago) Inner walls are printed first, then outer walls (2 wal”
“This is 1 layer at 0.08mm on a Bambulabs A1 mini. Cleaned the plate, used a couple different filaments and even different stls. What's going on? submitted by /u/thegothhipster [link] [comments]”
“It was so perfect, had zero adhesion and just fell right off the part. PLA on Elegoo printer. About 80mm by 160mm submitted by /u/OptimalTime5339 [link] [comments]”
“I’ve been trying to print this chica model for two days, every time it keeps failing at the half way point, I’m just not sure why it keeps failing like this. submitted by /u/Ok-Salary3532 [link] [comments]”
“I have a Bambulab P2S printer and a Bambulab A1. Overnight, the days began to create delamination in the prints. I dried the filament continued. I put new filament, I continued. I cleaned the nozzles, he continued. I changed the plates, he continued. I calibrated, it continued. I tried with PLA and PETG. I don't know what else to try. What can it be. Oh, I printed some test boats and they worked, only 1 came off the plate. But all the other prints I send from the make world of delamination.”
“Printing this model after a week nd getting these weird line at a particular segment, rest the model is Printing fine lmk if anyone have faced this nd possible solutions submitted by /u/Silent-Grass-222 [link] [comments]”
“Hey im using a carbon centauri 2 printer. I w1nt to print something in asa. Its a large part. This piece is just a section of it to see how i can optimize the supports, so the orientation of the print needs to stay this way. The filament is elegoo asa black and is printed at 265 with a 0.4 nozzle and 0.2 layer height . I did all the calibrations so those settings are perfect. I minimized the cooling. Its only at 15% for the overhangs. Its printed with tree support at 5 interface layers and top z”
It's a creality K1C and I was printing CR-PETG at default print settings using CrealiyPrint software. (I know this one was right on the edge of the build platform but similar things…
“Hello, can someone help me out with overhang settings for Easy PA? My benchy looks quiet nice but the bow is bulging. And the bridges look terrible. I wonder if anyone got this filament dialed in. Fan speed, print speed, temp, etc submitted by /u/drillitloveit [link] [comments]”
“Im able to print a keychain just fine but when i try to run this one i cant get it to work. The bed is leveled and the glass was cleaned with IPA. I have also tried glue stick which worked great on a different print but not this one. If like to use ABS but it work work with PLA so i dont want to waste it until it atleast gets the first layer. Glass bed Creator Pro Flashforge submitted by /u/Mountain_Permission5 [link] [comments]”
“Sorry for the poop quality photos. I’m new to printing and I don’t know how to move the supports to where they land on the printing plate. submitted by /u/Skwonkie_ [link] [comments]”
“Title. The rest of the print is pretty clean, but every time a support is taller than a cm, it always snaps on me. PLA. submitted by /u/aswed1234 [link] [comments]”
“I am using the creality hi printer epleay filment.the first picture it happens when stating a layer and where infill connects on the inside to. i also had a new row of epleay and it did the same but when i tryed a different brand and it do not do it. Also all on the same nozzle .04 and slicer settings. submitted by /u/littlejaguar183 [link] [comments]”
“It happens at random points in the print. It’s only happened on this one model so far, I’ve resliced and redownloaded it like 4 times now, before it would get the first couple layers out before stopping, now it wasted more of my time and filament. The first time it happened I opened the gcode file back up in the Bambu labs software and it told me something along the lines of “ there is no data in this file” I am worried to try other, longer prints at a risk of losing more filament and wasting mo”
“Hey folks I'm running into a few print issues. I think there are likely a few problems with my set up and print settings. I believe my bed is not properly level after adding a few more clips to keep everything in place, which I will work to address, but do folks know what could be causing this PLA silky stringing issue and why my Cura tree supports are mangled? Any suggestions for test prints to check bed levelling? submitted by /u/giant_skogkatt [link] [comments]”
“All of my prints start off perfect, then right at the end fall apart. I’m printing sculptures and i was told it’s best to print them in the orientation they’ll be used, but this happens when i print them vertically. Any thoughts? I already have my max volumetric speed set to 2 and a 0.2mm nozzle. Elegoo Centauri Carbon 2 Slicer: Elegoo Slicer Filament: SunLu PLA Marble Color 220°F Nozzle 60°F Bed submitted by /u/KJRossss [link] [comments]”