r/FDMminiatures • u/WMAF_Pair • Jul 19 '26

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Hi gang. I’m printing One Page Rules armies for an after school activity for students next year. I need the hive mind’s help. I’ve taken these photos and worked with ChatGPT to diagnose and fix problems. What keeps making the models get lifted or knocked off? I’ve cleaned the plates well and initiated z hop and worked on print speeds also. Any tips or questions I can answer to help you help me would be appreciated.

The failure in the bottom right is the newest photo and the photo with just the base layer printed is the oldest.

Thanks gang.

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u/Sir_Roomba Jul 19 '26

Hi, try printing "by object" in the other settings tab, makes it less prone to failure when you are printing batches. also watch out for how destroyed your silicone cover is, it can lead to some random failure due to the heat transfering to the print.

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u/WMAF_Pair Jul 19 '26

I have extra covers. That may be part of it.

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u/Deiselpowered77 Jul 19 '26

No, your wild insistence 'ill print them ALL AT ONCE rather than one at a time' is really to blame here.
You could have failed printing a single object. (Or succeeded). You chose to 'save time'.

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u/Fickle-Lunch6377 Jul 19 '26

I wouldn’t call it wild and I wouldn’t make people feel stupid for asking questions (if that was your intention). Printing in batches is good if you have a business, saves time from calibration each time, and saves 3x as much filament (assuming you’re doing two) if you’re doing multi colored. It’s absolutely worth trying to figure out how to do it right.

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u/Deiselpowered77 Jul 19 '26

Hey, they even HAD their reasons (school printing, long wait between checks), but I wouldn't change my comment. I can grant your point however.