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This week I got an Ender 3. When printing the models, I get some inaccuracies on them. I tried printing a low-polygon chess rook, and it isn't printed accurately. It has these additional plastic printed that shouldn't be there:

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It also isn't symmetrical:

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On the top there should be 4 identical cuboids, but on the 2 of them there isn't plastic inside and also they are slightly wider:

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This is the STL file and also the G-code file sliced by Ultimaker Cura: files

My specifications:

  • printer: Ender 3 (nothing is modded, no parts have been changed)
  • slicing software: Ultimaker Cura
  • slicing settings:
    • layer height: 0.12 mm
    • printing speed: 30 mm/s
      • initial layer printing speed: 20 mm/s
    • brim adhesion
    • quality: 0.16 mm
    • fan speed: 100%

I have properly calibrated the Esteps/mm and I have levelled the bed correctly.

I would really appreciate your help, I'm new to the 3D printing world.

To follow up advice from comments, I've tightened the X-axis belt and printed the calibration cube, I think now it should be good:

enter image description here I'll print the rook model once more and maybe the symmetry will be good now.

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  • $\begingroup$ have you tried running an alignment check. matterhackers.com/articles/… $\endgroup$
    – Varun W.
    Dec 26, 2021 at 17:38
  • $\begingroup$ @VarunW. I haven't done these tests. Should I try doing all of them, or are there any specific ones for the problems I mentioned? Thank you. $\endgroup$
    – Maxisy
    Dec 26, 2021 at 19:41
  • $\begingroup$ I would try one and see which axis the problem occurs at then just timer that axis until it works. $\endgroup$
    – Varun W.
    Dec 26, 2021 at 20:24
  • $\begingroup$ Seems like eiterh X or Y is off - please show us a cube that has alignment marks on it, such as one that has X Y Z on the respective surfaces. $\endgroup$
    – Trish
    Dec 26, 2021 at 21:02
  • $\begingroup$ @Trish I've tightened the X belt and printed the calibration cube. Since I can't post images in the comments I've edited the question. Is the calibration cube looking good? Thank you! $\endgroup$
    – Maxisy
    Dec 26, 2021 at 22:20

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So I've been trying to fix that problem and I've managed to do it. I have tightened the X axis belt and went through all configuration files on https://teachingtechyt.github.io, that fixed my problem. Thank you for helping me to solve this issue.

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