My Ender 3 has been having intermittent under extrusion issues. Layers of good density alternate with weak mesh. When printing multiple objects at once, sometimes one will be almost entirely good, while the piece next to it is all meshy; so it's not even consistent within layers, or between sections of the print bed.
I've cleaned it and replaced everything from the stepper handle to the hot end.
Today I've been trying to calibrate E-steps, and they're all over the place:
- Initial tests produced from 19 to 23 mm (should be 100 mm)
- I calibrated to an average of those, and then tests ranged 105 to 115 mm
- I tried a different spool of filament; that one produced 58 and 67 mm.
What can be causing these inconsistent results?