<p>Your printer appears to be a Creality Ender v1. I ended up replacing my bed topper with a PEI sheet from Aliexpress. That will replace the scratching.</p>
<p>To confirm filament coming out of the nozzle, do a <strong>Preheat-PLA</strong> in the printer menu. Wait for it to heat fully, then do an <strong>Extrude</strong> either through the menu or by simply cranking the wheel on top of the extruder motor. You should see a thin stream of molten filament drop out of the nozzle and hang there.</p>
<p>If no soft filament comes out, you might have a lack of &quot;push&quot; in the extruder gears, or a blockage in the nozzle. This means pulling the Bowden tube, retracting the unused filament, etc. There should be a fine wire in the printer toolkit, which can be used to poke up the nozzle to dislodge blockages.</p>
<p>Note: the nozzle has to be hot to unscrew with a ring spanner. Also, hot nozzles at 200 °C will burn you incredibly fast, so don't touch it with bare hands.</p>
<p>Ender 3s are quite old now, so there's a good chance your Bowden tube is a little crispy at the nozzle end. The advantage of an older printer is there are lots of helpful posts on fixing things like this.</p>

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Thanks I'll give these a ho in the next day or so and see how I get on
Alba
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<p>I'm still very new to 3D printing. My first few prints turned out great, but I've unfortunately damaged my print bed.</p>
<p>Do I need to replace both the bed and the nozzle? I can’t seem to get the filament to extrude, even after heating and cleaning.</p>
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<p>Bed</p>
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Walked away and left it silly me the bed was way off.</p>
<p>The filament doesn't even seem to be coming out. But the beds knackered which doesn't help. Is there a way of testing the filament is working and releasing properly without having to actually print something?</p>
<p>Nozzle</p>
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Could you please add some photos showing what the damaged heat bed and nozzle look like?
Velvet
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How damaged is the bed that you aren't able to print? Damaging the bed usually indicates that the bed needs re-tramming because of the nozzle touching the bed surface or damaging with print removal. A photo would speak a thousand words!
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3D printer not printing after damaging bed
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# 3D printer not printing after damaging bed

(Asked by: username_0 on 2024-11-12)

I'm still very new to 3D printing. My first few prints turned out great, but I've unfortunately damaged my print bed.

Do I need to replace both the bed and the nozzle? I can’t seem to get the filament to extrude, even after heating and cleaning.

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Bed

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/Kntn26BG.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/Kntn26BG.jpg)  
Walked away and left it silly me the bed was way off.

The filament doesn't even seem to be coming out. But the beds knackered which doesn't help. Is there a way of testing the filament is working and releasing properly without having to actually print something?

Nozzle

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/YdQC2Kx7.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/YdQC2Kx7.jpg)

**Tags:** filament, heated-bed, nozzle

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Could you please add some photos showing what the damaged heat bed and nozzle look like?  
> **username_2**: How damaged is the bed that you aren't able to print? Damaging the bed usually indicates that the bed needs re-tramming because of the nozzle touching the bed surface or damaging with print removal. A photo would speak a thousand words!  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2024-11-13. Score: 2

Your printer appears to be a Creality Ender v1. I ended up replacing my bed topper with a PEI sheet from Aliexpress. That will replace the scratching.

To confirm filament coming out of the nozzle, do a **Preheat-PLA** in the printer menu. Wait for it to heat fully, then do an **Extrude** either through the menu or by simply cranking the wheel on top of the extruder motor. You should see a thin stream of molten filament drop out of the nozzle and hang there.

If no soft filament comes out, you might have a lack of "push" in the extruder gears, or a blockage in the nozzle. This means pulling the Bowden tube, retracting the unused filament, etc. There should be a fine wire in the printer toolkit, which can be used to poke up the nozzle to dislodge blockages.

Note: the nozzle has to be hot to unscrew with a ring spanner. Also, hot nozzles at 200 °C will burn you incredibly fast, so don't touch it with bare hands.

Ender 3s are quite old now, so there's a good chance your Bowden tube is a little crispy at the nozzle end. The advantage of an older printer is there are lots of helpful posts on fixing things like this.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thanks I'll give these a ho in the next day or so and see how I get on  

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