I have an Ender 3 S1 that I use every couple of months at this point because it’s just such a pain to use. I have to adjust the bed tramming and z offset and run auto bed leveling for every single print and often times that’s still not good enough.

It will often take 30+ minutes just to get the first layer going down successfully.

Is this a me problem or did I lose the creality lottery?

  • Aniki 🌱🌿English
    5·
    3 months ago

    There’s a million possibilities but there are some essential upgrades that make the Enders shine – a PEI print bed and upgraded leveling wheels. I also find the recommended settings of 200/50 to be… inadequate. When I was printing with my OEM nozzle generally was printing at 210/62 and with my diamond tip I now print at 205/55 but still way higher than the default values in Cura.

    • GingeyBookOPEnglish
      2·
      3 months ago

      I’ll try increasing the heat, I run 200/60

      • Aniki 🌱🌿English
        2·
        3 months ago

        Try starting at 215/65 with a PEI bed and then tune it down slowly until you start getting bed adhesion and/or warping issues.