The original post: /r/3dprinting by /u/DontHandleMeBro on 2024-12-26 15:41:18.

I’ve had a 3 Plus for about a month now. It initially worked great and was very easy to use, the prints came out near perfect.

The nozzle clogged one day so I went to remove it, and it broke in the threads so I was sent another unit by elegoo. I changed the nozzle to hardened steel right off the bat and for a short time, it worked alright with some stringing. It’s currently at the point where the prints are always spaghetti, the levelling seems always off, and I just can’t get it to work right. I just tried to recalibrate the bed and the motors made a grinding noise so I immediately turned it off. Find below my attempts to fix so far:

-tuning e-steps value -cleaning nozzle and print bed with damp soapy rag -loosening the bed adjustment nuts and recalibrating multiple times -re tightening the nozzle at temperature -checking belt tensions -resetting cura slicer settings to default like it originally was

If anyone can help me get my machine to work again I will be massively grateful and at this point will pay to have it work properly again 🙃