Troubleshooting · Calculators · Upgrades

Fix the print, work out the numbers and pick the part

Find out why a print failed, calibrate your printer with the right numbers, and see the part that fixes the problem.

What do you need?

Price a print, calibrate the extruder, or set a filament's flow.

What the site covers

Print problems, calibration numbers and the parts that fix them.

Print problems

Z banding, under extrusion, layer shifts, heat creep and blobs, each traced to its cause and fix.

Z banding Heat creep Stringing

Calibration calculators

Print cost, e-steps, flow rate and maximum volumetric speed, worked out from your own numbers.

E-steps Flow rate mm³/s

Printers and upgrades

Bambu Lab A1 and P1S compared, the upgrades worth fitting, and the right filament for car parts.

A1 P1S ASA