Favored source of information on troubleshooting prints?

[FarmerintheWoods]

Friends,

I've finished building a Folger Tech FT-5 R2 and it's time to start tuning the machine using test prints using my filament of choice, Taulman 'Bridge' nylon.

Thing is, I need a good, reliable source of information on troubleshooting prints. There's a lot of them out there, and I'd like to know which of them you consider most reliable, etc. Here's what I've found online:

Reprap

Simplify3d

all3dp

Rigid Ink

Or maybe there's a dead-tree book out there that's best.

What are your thoughts?

[csorrows]

Is this your first printer? If so, do not 'start' with nylon.

Also, the stock hotend won't tolerate those temps for very long.

[Wyvern]

Pla and PETG are more forgiving, after printing 18lbs of filament thus far, Nylon isn't on my list, Hydroscopic and requires a metal hotend which means every other material will be harder to print (ptfe is much more reliable).

You must stay around 240C with a ptfe heat break.

The best source of info is trial and error.

[carefudundae]

i'll second what others have said about nylon vs pla...
but to your question, the simplify3d site is what I used a lot at first, but that only gets you so far. experience and reading/asking questions in forums etc. really took troubleshooting to the next level for me. so i'll add this site and others like it that concentrate on helping (not reddit, lol) to that list.