Neptune 4 Max -You MUST do these steps to get good prints and fix the problems.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 พ.ค. 2024
- The Elegoo Neptune 4 Max is a massive printer that came with massive headaches.
After months of testing, troubleshooting, and working with Elegoo support, I've made a step-by-step guide for going from box to printing without pulling your hair out. Perfect prints are always possible; you must set up the printer correctly.
The Neptune 4 series of printers (Neptune 4, Neptune 4 Pro, Neptune 4 Plus, and Neptune 4 Max) are amazing printers, but some report problems. With this guide you can get rid of the blob of death, axis offset issues, and more.
I'll show you how to do that in this video so that you can see what a great printer this is.
This is my older video with a bit more information on firmware updates that I mention in this video: • Neptune 4 Series Probl...
📚 Topics covered in this in-depth tutorial:
0:00 Introduction
1:15 Unboxing and initial setup
3:30 Updating firmware and software
7:20 Checking and adjusting belts and bed stability
10:45 Replacing leveling springs with silicone bumpers
13:10 Setting the Z-axis offset
15:50 Mastering bed leveling techniques
22:30 Cleaning and preparing the print surface
25:00 Common issues and how to resolve them
28:45 Achieving perfect prints
31:00 Conclusion and additional resources
🔧 Whether you're a beginner or an experienced 3D printing enthusiast, this guide is designed to help you get the most out of your Elegoo Neptune 4 MAX. I'll share my experience in dealing with common problems like the "blob of death," bed adhesion issues, and more. By following these steps, you'll be able to avoid pitfalls and achieve stunning, consistent results with your 3D printer.
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Screws tilt calculate is a game changer for bed leveling.
Yup. Though I don't think most new users would find it as easy as the auto leveling process.
@davetriesthis this is my first printer ever. The hardest part was finding the right code to paste and where to paste it. After that the actual leveling process was super easy. I think a thorough video on how to do it would be awesome for those that are wondering how to do it
I let mine bed and nozzle heat up to temperature then leveled the bed. Now it been working great. I let it heat up too and do the auto bed leveling now before I print. Few extra minutes seems to help. Thanks.
Glad it helped!!!
Useful information, thanks Dave! I think videos about printing specific items, like cosplay helmets or costume parts, would be really popular. You could include the painting, weathering too.
Thanks Gordon!
Before anything heat that bed up to operating temperature and let it soak for 30 minutes once up to temp. All beds flex when heated but it is amplified as the bed gets bigger. Save the headache of running a bed level procedure a hundred times by letting it stabilize with a heat soak. Do this before every print, I also run an auto bed level before every print, these beds are that finicky.
Yeah I pulled out a section on bed temps as it was going long. But good points.
That’s for this video. I’ve been printing for a few years but the Neptune is pushing me to pull out what little hair I have. I’m struggling with the leveling
Keeping people from losing hair was one of the key goals of this channel!
Does the Neptune 4 Plus have the same issue? I just got a Blob of death on my Neptune 4 Plus, which I've only owned for a couple months, my first printer, and I found these videos. I really wish I had found them earlier!
It has the same issues as the Max. Fewer people bought it though and the larger size of the max exaggerates the issues.
Thanks Dave!
Thank you, anonymous
Love the video
Oh, thanks!
Great video, almost got a 4 Max. Ended up buying a Sovol SV08, it's likely to have its own set of problems.
Circle back and let me know how you like it. And thanks for the compliment
Hi I'm new to a computer can u make a video on which file to put on which card
I got the neptune 4 pro and i can't keep it level. The four corner screws keep coming loose on me. I just bought this printer a week ago. I did the frimware update and change it from standard to professional bed leveling. I sat there for two hours leveling the bed and the print i did came out great and i when to print again and it started to hit the print and rip it off the bed and the corner justments was off again. I did buy some silicone to replace the springs to see if that helps. Thanks for making good videos.
I have a neptune 4 max and was having the same problem. So I went out and got some 4mm×0.7 nylon insert lock nuts to use instead of the leveling wheels. It took some time, and a few choice swear words, but now I've got it tuned in and I haven't had to re-level my bed at all. Well worth the time.
As a side note, bc the bed on mine is so big I had to let it heat up to 60°C and leave it for a half hour to get rid of bed warp that occurs as it heats up. So it was quite hot when I was leveling it with the locknuts. You shouldn't have to do that though, if you persue this course of action
Thanks for the comment. When you say the screws come out, do you mean the knobs under the bed?
My 4 Pro did the same thing. Print head and bed were moving so fast it actually shook the wheels until they fell off. I know you’d probably say print slower, but I didn’t buy a 300mm/sec printer just to have to print at Ender 3 speeds 😊
The 4 Max is 20%+ off right now through various big sellers including Amazon!! We wanted a large print bed for our first 3D Printer and despite the software issues at launch (which is normal in the electronics world, everything we can find says the latest firmware updates released this year fixed all that.)
HELP!!! So, is it just we are new? ... or is there something special about the Neptune? For the life of us, we are attempting to needle filament into the Nozzle but it won't stick. (We tested moving the Nozzle around after we noticed how difficult it was to feed to the Breakage Detector but the filament just slips out the second the Nozzle moves around.)
Are there any 4 max prusa profiles out there. Orca is not doing it for me.
Elegoo released Elegoo cura 5.6. It's got profiles for all the Elegoo printers. You can grab it on their support page.
@@davetriesthis so no prusa?
Do these updates work on the Neptune 4 Pro?
Yes though there aren't wheels under the bed for leveling so you can skip the part about dialing that in.
couldn't find the silicone bumpers :(
They're in the Amazon storefront but here is a direct link amzn.to/4bwk7y4
Hey Dave, I just bought the Elegoo Neptune 4 max, and I'm having some issues, I'm thinking that I may be having this trouble because I did not install a new version of cura. Is that required to install the cura software that comes wth the printer, if you already have it? The printer I had before was the Elegoo Neptue 4 Pro. I 'm just trying to figure this out, I'm kinda new to 3d printing. The issue I'm having with the 4max is adhesion and level problems. I think I'm just going to go over your video again to be sure I have done everything as you say. Thanks for these great videos, I hope this does the trick!
Elegoo finally updated their Elegoo-specific Cura from 4.8 to 5.6. It's on their website. Use that. You could also use Orca but I have found in my initial tests that cura with its native support is better
I just got a N4Max for work, I would've never expected a RETAILED product to require going to such extremes of out-of-factory tweaks to get decent results, yet alone the ones advertised by the company .
My prints are literal morse code, the extruder can't do a full line without leaving gaps **everywhere**
I am seriously considering a refund, with a ticket to consumer protection office if I have to sink more manhour$ than the cost of the actual hardware to get results.
I don't think most consumer protection agency's have any control over companies in China?
@@davetriesthis if it's sold in your country there's a regulatory agency somewhere you can contact to make it stop if it's being done with deceptive marketing tactics