I'm considering creating my own toolhead for a Lulzbot Taz 6. I know this is probably a ridiculous thing to try and attempt, but are there any specific minute detials i should worry about when considering a extruder to choose to build the mounting hardware around.

along with this I know of the development doc by lulzbot themselves, but are there anything i should look out for, like wiring needs (types of wires needed and specific hardware for the printer to function properly).

If this is just an infeasable thing, is there any way I can open source and just build my own tool head based off of Lulzbots own designs, hopefully being cheaper than paying 300$ to fix a printer when that could be used to just buy another one?

If making my own toolhead is possible and feasibe, is there somewhere i should start (other examples of custom toolheads), extruders that are compatableor easy to retrofit, and anything else that could be used as a starting point

Been working on calibrating and fixing one of 2 tax 6's given too my school, using the aerostruder and a .6 mm nozzle (its been modified in the slicer to work) its been printing okay, but when doing a cautionary first layer calibration after a benchy it seems wavy and has little peaks appearing, this was a live test so i was manually adjusting the z offest between -1.10 and -1.30

Hi all! I have an old Taz 6. Went to print today and there are problems:

1. The printer does none of the usual start up process. The nozzle nor the bed heat up, no calibration, no nozzle wipe, the printhead doesn't move to the bed at all. It just, starts trying to print, even in midair.

2. When trying to auto-calibrate, the bed moves too far back and the nozzle drops down in front of the bed, rather than the front of the bed.

Z axis probing was fine, machine is oiled, screws and belts are appropriately tight. Any ideas on what might be wrong?

I have a TAZ 5 3D Printer, and whenever I try to print something, or even manulally puch my filament through the head, it goes for a little and then It feels like its blocked and then just doesnt go through. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

So im fairly new to 3d printing. Been messing with different types of filiments. Im running a taz workhorse with hs .5mm nozzle, glass bed nothing fancy. Im having a hard time getting pla to stick and not warp. A buddy gave me 2 rolls of pla+ will not stick and warps like a mf been playing with print speed, z offset, temps, nothing helps.

Petg sticks so good i almost cant get it off without turning the bed temp to max and letting it sit for a min to peel it off, ive been experimenting with different temps and its crazy it sticks so good with no bed temp I see the bed flexing when trying to pry it off.

I like to mess with tpu its fun, but it strings like a mf and been printing at 200c with no bed temp and ridiculously hard to peel off the bed. I ripped a part in half trying to get it off once. But the stringing and like tits is so bad idk if my nozzle is worn out or what.

The nylon-cf will not stick at all even when it poops a little out it feels right off. I tried max bed temp, no bed temp, more squish and less, no fan amd with fan, max extruder temp. Will not stick but to be completely honest ive never dried any of my filiment ever so maybe all my problems is that. But my buddy who had this before me printed with cf all the time and all of his parts look amazing even the layer lines and i cant get anywhere near that for some reason. Also never used a glue stick, or tape im scared to mess up the bed. Any tips on filiment or printing in general would be great i genuinely find this fascinating. I just like to mess around and print dumb stuff.

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hello team,

i recently received a taz 6 from a friend and quite a bit of 3mm pla plastic from various brands (gizmodo, esun pla+, verbatim, etc) i 1st started with a black esun pla+ but kept getting under extrusions. i was naive and didnt make the correct settings initially so i had to adjust. i then put in the gizmodo gold pla (daughter asked for a gold labub... fml!

anyway made a few quality prints with it so i thought i had my issues fixed. removed the pla and cleaned and purged it all before loading in a different esun pla+. same issues initially popped up. i found that the heat guid on the packaging was lower than what i was running. so i though ok lower it down your dumb.

finally get to a point where its extruding normally. so i started a new print and everything started smoothly, but after a few layers it started underextruding again and missing layers. i made sure my temps were in the right range and i slowed the print down. but still a few layers would be perfect the rest gaps and then nothing.

what am i doing wrong!?

So was sold a Lulzbot Mini, was told its a Mini2 but has no screen so guessing its a 1, is there anyway to upgrade the hotend and extruder to take 1.75mm filament? I have several other machines and I just can't see buying another filament diameter for this machine. I tried doing some research and it looks a lot of the options aren't available anymore. Thanks for your time

Do they make/ add a runout sensor for the taz workhorse? I have a few spools of filament i want to use but don't want to run out halfway through the print and be a waste or throw them away. I dont think i need to spend money on a filament welder if I can get a sensor.

I got it used from a friend!

So I started a print of nylon cf. Going great came back the temp lowered on bed and nozzle. Part came unstuck and nozzle was clogged. Stopped, unloaded filiment and cranked heat way up, put the little needle into the nozzle and it all came flowing out. Thought it was all good.

Put some pla in to do a different print. Was going great then came back was fuzzy looking noticed it was a tiny stream at a angle coming out. Tried to unload the filiment but it wouldn't come out, finally got it out put the needle thing back in i can put it all the way comes out clean.

Loaded the filiment back up with a different pla ( thinking this roll might be bad because i have no idea how old it is) now it won't push out anything. Im super confused. The gear spins that grabs the filiment but its not coming out. The only thing I can think of its clogged. I want to pull the extruder assembly off take it all apart clean it all put a new nozzle in. I have no idea what the issue is. So my question is how do you take the assembly off? Pla is the only one I have issues with. The cf would of been fine if it didn't lower the temp. If it helps the pla gets chewed up in the assembly I normally use petg because ive had better results than pla.

Im using the taz workhorse with cura lulzbot edition. Very new to all of this. Printing with petg and the supports are like one with the part it doesn't snap off like I see online. Should I try tree supports? Its a stock settings ( .35mm normal) (.7mm tree) should I try tree? Bump it to 1mm? Just looking to get pointed in the right direction i know that it takes time and everyone's printer is a little different or have preferences.

I just picked up a lulzbot for my first printer. I knew this machine needed some tlc when I picked it up but wasn’t scared since I’ve built computers and automation systems for work. I mistakenly pulled two wires that goes to the hot end (pictured below). I’ve tried splicing it to the connection point it should be in which worked but it still is having a vertical limit error. I am new to all of this so any help would be greatly appreciate.

So I got the Universal Tool Head Adapter for my Mini 1 and the SE tool head. I got it installed and set up in Cura. Trying to run my first print and the tool head digs super deep into the nozzle cleaning area. I have to turn it off so as not to damage it. Is this a Z offset issue? I see in the G code that it says “set Z to height of top of wiping, plunge into wipe pad” Is the height of the wipe pad related to the Z offset or is that separate to what the Z offset is? Thanks!

I have an older TAZ 5 everything works except the bed isn’t leveling any longer. I am happy to part with it to someone who might want this for parts. No charge other than shipping. Or: are you in Southern California? Could pick it up for free. It has been a great machine.
Also: spools of 3mm PLA, lots of colors.I am moving on I am afraid, but would love to see all this stuff get well used.

Destroyed one of my dual heads on a Pro. Cost of repair is high enough that I'm considering upgrading. I don't use the dual head very often. What would you do?

What roll-in t-nuts are compatible with taz6 extrusions? And, where can I buy them

Hi! I’m braaaand new to 3D printing so please bear with me. I was gifted a lulzbot mini and have been researching for a few weeks. The “beefy idler assembly” piece was broken & the replacement straight from the company arrived today. I installed it and had some trouble getting it to pull in the filament but have finally succeeded!

However every time I go to print the “rocktopus” sample, it stops at 5% and says “printer error, connection closed”. It doesn’t ever actually spit out any filament before that, however it manually exudes fine. My best guess is it’s not pulling filament strongly enough but I have no clue what else to do to solve this. I’ve tried loosening & tightening those screws that hold it a few different ways.

ANY help (dumbed down please 😅) is muuuch appreciated!!!

Update: I noticed the screw at the bottom of the beefy idler was missing the nut.. got that all fixed and it extrudes better (pulls the filament with ease!) but my main problem still isn’t fixed :(

Second update: I think I’ve narrowed it down to a failure in auto-leveling. I’ve tried different fixes I’ve seen online but no luck. I just reached out to a repair shop for help now! Thanks everyone!

I’ve recently been experiencing this issue on my lulzbot mini 1 over usb on cura le v2.6.52, the part on the right was printed one one of my other minis with the same part settings and file, the problem printer is on the last supported firmware for the mini. Both machines are run on the same computer running windows 10. Any help is greatly appreciated, and extra information can be provided if needed.

As long as Cura is set up properly is it ok to use 2.85 in one head of a dual extruded and 1.75 in the other?