Hey everyone, So My printer has been printing great with standard PLA filaments from the store but my stock nozzle was getting tired so I decided it was time to do the 1st changeout. I’m also planning on printing glow-in-the-dark and fine detail so I opted to try the tungsten nozzels I bought with …

Hi there! In order to get printing again all you will have to lower your z-offset slightly, the new nozzle you got is shorter than the old one you had. You will need to bring the print head down by the difference between them. You could also start a print and slowly bring the nozzle down until the …

I finally had the time to get to this. I changed the Z offset and now it’s much tighter: [20230507_190433] the initial line looks a little nicer, but still squiggly. the brim still doesn’t adhere [20230507_190643]

Hi there, I might even try lowering it just a little bit more, you want to continue fine-tuning it until your first layer sticks perfectly. It is a bit of an art to get right, but once you get it right you shouldn’t have to deviate much! Matthew

You probably already figured this out, but the 5 S-1 uses the same nozzles as the Creality 7, they share the same hot end… Creality don’t make a hard nozzle for them, you have to purchase in the aftermarket, and even there they are hard to find… [image] Hardened Steel Nozzles for E…

@Jason can you move this to the designated 5 S1 sub forum

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