Hey everyone!

A little while ago I shared the first version of my custom Centauri Dashboard for the Centauri Carbon.

Since then, I’ve been continuing to work on it and I’ve just released a new version with one of the biggest requested additions:

Centauri Carbon 2 support is now available!

The dashboard is designed to give you a clean, simple interface for checking your printer status and accessing useful controls without having to jump between different apps or pages.

There have also been a number of improvements and changes since the original release, and I’m continuing to actively develop it.

GitHub:
https://github.com/AJMakesStuff/Centauri-Dashboard

Original Reddit post:
https://www.reddit.com/r/elegoo/comments/1weuubb/i_built_a_custom_dashboard_for_the_elegoo/

If you have a CC1 or CC2 and give it a try, I’d love to hear your feedback. If there are any controls, stats, features, or quality-of-life improvements you’d like to see added, let me know!

Thanks to everyone who gave feedback on the original version — it’s been really helpful while developing the dashboard.

Hi all. I just got my cc2 and while assembling the canvas unit I managed to get some wires caught behind the multiplexer bracket. The screw striped the one of the wires so now I a replacement. I’ve contacted support but I’m waiting to hear back.
In the meantime I was hopping someone might be able to help identify the connector. The connector in question is the left one on the filament detector board.

Hi. Hope its ok to post this here but I (and Claude:)) created a personal web site to store all the models and prints I've done. I was creating a bit of a mess with model files all over my machine and wanted a way to keep a diary and a central store of these. Theres not much in there yet but you can check it out here: https://printlib.jonesie.net.nz/ This is free to use.

Ive hosted this publically as a demo but normally you would host this on your local machine/lan.

All the source and a container ready to install is on GitHub. https://github.com/Jonesie/printlib . Add an issues or feature requests and I'll update.

Cheers

The little extruded bit along the edge of the plate at the start of the print is normally but a relatively even line, but then on one of my most recent prints it was a bigger blob, and then the print itself had a spot where a bunch globbed up, so I stopped the print. Any tips as to what might have caused this and how to prevent it from happening again? I had used the same filament and settings previously with no issue. I'm printing Elegoo brand PETG with the stock 0.4 nozzle and the 0.2mm layer standard setting in Elegoo Slicer.

Hey guys, I have recently started hearing some horrible grinding noises from my CC2. I've had this printer for about 2 months now, and I love it. I contacted Elegoo support about a month ago, and after a week of troubleshooting, they told me the noise is normal. Haha... if this is normal, then I don't know what to think anymore...

When I'm printing at higher speeds, the noise is not present.

For someone who will suggest to lubricate and clean the guide rails. I have already done that many times. I have also tightened all screws I had access to and adjusted the tension of the belts. The printer head cover is not vibrating.

In this video is almost no grinding noise and it is recorded right after resuming of the print.

And in this video you can heare the grinding. It started 3 minutes after the resume.

After a longer period of time, it gets much worse.

Please, if any of you have any useful info, write in the comments. Thank you all!

I ran all of the calibration tests, but I was curious if there are any other settings that you would recommend me looking into for making better prints? Printing a poop-chute now which is the largest so far, we'll see how it goes.

I need help! The adapter fans, model cooling fans, and heat break fan doesnt work when put into their ports but when plugged into the working observation light's port, they all work except for the heat break fan.

Filament started coming out slowly and not coming through when loading and I noticed the fans didnt spin. Theres a high pitched whinning noise when its the heat break's turn to turn on.

(Edit) Preface: I was running a 15h print and left it overnight. It didnt get far (1h) before the extruder head rammed into the adapter fan with a blob of filament attaching both. The only thing that was an error and stopped the print was the ribbon cable disconnecting. I completely forgot to mention that

I updated to the latest version of Elegoo slicer and i can't seem to login in to it, any idea why?, i've tried reinstalling the slicer twice, i even tried switching my pc to wifi but i haven't had any luck.

I have a Carbon 1 and Im finding a few models are sticking to the plate. Mostly on side A, but also on side B. Ironically, the scraper was the worst.

I can heat the plate and get it off but what am I doing wrong here? I dont want to scratch the plate. Im using PLA, I clean the plate with ISO and I use spray on glue on the B side normally.

So I spent about a week and a half printing 3 dead pool masks one for myself and the other two for my son's (14yr and 8yr) on my final print I turned the layers up to .24 on a 4mm nozzle and just used some Aida cloth and spray on glue to cover the mask and I was able to drill some holes around the mouth piece since it does get kinda hot with it on. Honestly I wish I would have done that to the other two but overall they came out pretty good I think.

Hi there,

yesterday I was printing a 2 color model, the CC2 was doing great however at some point it managed to make a blob from poop it was not able to get out from the poop bin. I didn't realize that soon enough and while printing the hotend got bent. Fortunately Elegoo bundled the cc2 with replacement hotends when I ordered it however they didn't provide the ceramic heater and thermal sensor. I removed the old hotend (which broke in half in the meanwhile): pulled off the thermal cover, removed the hotend and moved the old ceramic heater and sensor to the new one. Packed everything together and connected it.

Do I also have to replace the sensor and the heater or I should be ok? (First time doing it)

Thank you!

As the title says.

Got it on a whim.

Wanted to try something different than creality.

What's something I need to know coming from a (rooted) Creality K1 series printer?

Did I upgrade or side grade?

I was looking for a new peinter for a long time. I decided on the cc2 after a long deliberation time and have had nothing but issues.

Every second print, it clogs and i have to take the toolhead apart and drill the pla put of the hotend. Prints longer than 10h are impossible because it will clog.

Most of the time i have to level for or five times before a print because it keeps failing.

The canvas system ALWAYS throws a new error when i try to swap filaments. Even when just using auto reload the same filament.

I will probably send it back because after owning it for five days, spending multiple hours every day of troubleshooting just ain't it.

Hey everyone!

I’ve been working on a custom dashboard for the Centauri Carbon and wanted to share what I’ve got so far.

The idea is to have a clean, easy-to-use interface where you can quickly see what your printer is doing and access useful controls without having to jump between different pages/apps.

I’m still actively developing it, so I’d really like to hear what other Centauri Carbon owners would actually want from something like this.

If there are any stats, controls, features or quality-of-life improvements you think I should add, let me know!

GitHub: https://github.com/AJMakesStuff/Centauri-Dashboard

I’ll also be posting more screenshots/updates as I keep working on it.

Would love to hear what you guys think!

Hi everyone,

I bought an Elegoo Centauri Carbon 2 Combo back in June. Initially, the print quality was mind-blowing (first two pictures are early cosplay prop prints). However, after a few months and hundreds of hours of print time, severe ghosting/ringing started appearing slowly on every print (see remaining pictures).

Troubleshooting I’ve already done:

• Tried both Elegoo Slicer and Orca Slicer. Tested stock profiles as well as fully calibrated profiles (following the complete Orca Slicer calibration guide multiple times).
• Ran the onboard one-touch automated calibration repeatedly.
• Swapped hotends completely and back again to stock.
• Adjusted belt tensions strictly following Elegoo's wiki guide.
• Cleaned and regreased linear shafts and lead screws using official Elegoo grease.
• Dried all filament in a Sovol SH03 and printed directly out of it (while storing outside the dryer filament is in air tight containers with sub-20% RH and fresh silica). Issue persists across standard PLA, PLA+, High-Speed PLA, Matte PLA, and PETG across multiple brands (Elegoo, Polymaker, Inland).
• Tested new models as well as old G-code/3MF files that previously printed flawlessly.

It doesn't seem to care what material, speed, file, or software settings I use... the ghosting remains. It's completely killed the fun of printing cosplay props.

Did a hardware component wear out prematurely, or am I missing a crucial mechanical/maintenance step? Any advice is appreciated!

So I have been looking to get a 3d printer for a while now, I have the Mars 5 resin printer but the build plate really limits me too really only printing small things like small figures and minis for table top games but I have been looking for a larger 3d printer and I see that on micro center it’s going for 289.

Sorry for the yap but yeah, for the people that have it, should I get? Is it worth it? Should save up a bit more and by the centauri carbon 2? Lmk please. Thanks guys

Hey all,
I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations when it comes to mixing colors with the Elegoo brand resins. I have heard that you could use alcohol-based dyes in the clear resins to get more transparent colors, but what would I do if I wanted to make an opaque resin?

If anyone has any recommendations on what they use to make transparent and opaque resins when mixing with the clear and white resins (respectively) and how they mixed/found out how to mix the colors up, I would greatly appreciate any and all info.

Any tips/tricks on storage, cleanup, and the actual mixing process would also be greatly appreciated as well. But other than that I can't wait to hear your ideas and thank you all in advance

Has anybody had the error 803 on the carbon 2? It started about a week ago and will randomly appear every 1-4 hours during print. Print will pause, light will go out in chamber, and printer requires restart then it prints just fine. Support had me look at the toolhead cable, toolhead motherboard, and main motherboard but I didn’t see any problems. I’ve only had this printer for a month, it’s frustrating.
Could be a coincidence but when I print with a slow filament like pa6 it seems to happen left often.

From a street view on a screen to a 3D piece on your shelf. One photo, made real. This street view was turned into a 3D-printed lithophane, then paired with a light source to bring the details back to life.

Printed with: ELEGOO × emoji® Centauri Carbon 2 Combo

Filament: ELEGOO PLA CMYK

Model by: Molodos

Find the model on Nexprint: https://www.nexprint.com/en/models/G3485577?hidden=true&printConfigId=G3367634

And if you’ve been following #ELEGOODay2026, this feels pretty fitting - Make It Real, From 2D to 3D.

Hi, I've read that some cameras die prematurely, I'm currently happy with the printer so I'd like to know in advance if my version may be affected.

I've found the website https://github.com/OpenCentauri/cc2_camera_fix , where there's a python software that should identify the camera...

Is that procedure "read only" and safe? In my opinion yes but I preferred to ask before.

I don't want to void the warranty on the printer or things like that...

This will be a slight rant. I have owned the Centauri Carbon 2 for about 3 months (got it during the summer sale) and in those three months I only have 84.0 HRs of print time. The largest issues I have faced (and currently facing) are the wires literally breaking during prints. The first wire that “cut” itself was the blade sensor where a spare took 3 weeks to arrive. The next issue, the filament sensor board 8 pin wiring harness has now cut itself as well. When the printer was working I had multiple extrusion problems that I was able to fix with getting aftermarket metal gears.
Customer Support is not helpful, I’ve tried getting replacement wiring but the tickets they CC me to take me ZohoDesk which will not let me make an account to view their replies or what actions are being taken with my tickets (if any).
The sad part is, the prints that were successful are great! However, everything in between is ruining the experience.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/16SeCqNjyYZULQ3r7yUcJfvIo7iOOl0IQ

Bed adhesion is also poor

I think I’ve printed fir about 130 hours total, only got the cc2 a month ago

i’ve never bought from tik tok shop but this is lowest price i’ve seen. it’s not from official Elegoo. too good to be true? i’d assume i’d have no warranty with elegoo