3D Printing Forum

I've discovered that having a good stock of spare parts works. Having had failures of the main board, the power supply, a stepper motor, several thermistors and whatever the extruder heating element is called, I realized that backups are a good idea. Hictop customer service has been superb, but ther...

I've noticed a couple times that my printer has stopped mid print (at the end of a pass). It will resume if I press the control button on the control LCD. This has only happened a couple times and is not a problem, but is there a way to get it to do this voluntarily? There are various reasons for wa...

My extruder was heating uncontrollably. After following all the suggestions from Hictop, including flashing the firmware, I installed a new board. I still have the problem of the extruder heating uncontrollably, but there are a lot of other issues as well now. I replaced the extruder, the hotend and...

I'm surprised no one has answered. The most common problem is that the thermistor in the print head (the extruder) is broken or loose. It is the very thin white wires on the right side of the print head, usually taped to the hot end (the red wires). You were sent a spare with your kit; they are chea...