Broken Base, need an advice please.

[sophia lee]

Hi, 

I finished the extruder, and it worked fine for about 20 min, and the base broke. This has happened to me twice already, I don't know what i'm doing wrong. Does anyone have advice on how to prevent this?  

Best

Sophia

[cera.tops]

Hello!  I have three suggestions.

1.) Make sure you are printing at 100% infill

2.) If you are using PLA, try instead PETG
3.) Your clay body may also be the culprit. Experiment with different clays at different dilutions.  I like to put a bit of clay in a 60 ML syringe and test how hard it is to extrude.  If I cant extrude it by hand, its unlikely this 3d printed extruder will be able to either.

Bryan