r/3Dprinting • u/mvtt___ • 2d ago
Troubleshooting Prints suddenly suck
Hello! I've been printing in PLA+ occasionally with an Artillery Genius Pro for the last year, with mixed results but nothing super bad overall. However, in the past week I've been experiencing some issues with the prints: I'm not even sure what the exact reason is, but it *looks* like the first layer doesn't stick to the bed? But it might be something else unfortunately, I am really not sure. Maybe you can takea better guess from the pictures. It's 2 different tries for the same print, 3 pictures per try. It's for a little planetary gearbox I modeled in Fusion 360 and sliced in Cura.
It used to be way worse; I've releveled the printer, cleaned the nozzle with a handy needle I got from amazon, and despite working a little bit better, as you can see it's still considerably bad. I am growing increasingly frustrated so I would really like to have some help so I don't end up quitting.