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My ANet A8 was working fine and I printed up some parts for it and then replaced the bed wing nuts with printed wheels. After calibrating the level, i have tried to run a print and it just doesn’t flow evenly and so the prints are really patchy. I thought it was the bed, but i have checked the levels and they are the same as originally calibrated. Extruder is at 200 Celsius and the bed at 67. I also checked the flow and it comes out evenly and easily. Something’s up and any assistance would be really appreciated.

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If you are sure that that the bed is properly leveled, I would look at the possibility of the nozzle being clogged. I have had similar problems and cleaning are replacing the nozzle got me printing great again.

Hope that helps.

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Thanks for the response Verlhum. I do preheat the extruder and push the filament through and it extrudes it then. It’s only when I start to print that it doesn’t seem to be feeding out properly. Can cleaning it make a difference in this case?

I’ll clean it out first and then get back to the thread.

Thanks again.

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You say the plastic comes through if you push it through, have you tried moving the Z axis up, heating the nozzle, then using the firmare to tell the extruder to extrude? When the filament comes out use a caliber and check it should be 0.4mm then rotate it 90 degrees and check it again…

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I used to have this problem as well. Might need to calibrate your extruder. I am using marlin firmware so i adjust it the steps/mm for the extruder . You can search alot of methods from youtube.
Hope it helps