Questions tagged [calibration]
Questions about calibration of various 3D printer mechanics
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Printer crashed into model
So first of all I want to say, that I'm fairly new to 3D printing. I'm currently calibrating different things because I've got a little problem with rough walls. The last thing I did was increase the ...
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Calibration of Y-axis produces different results on single model with different length even after E-step calibration
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If I calibrate my Y-axis steps/mm based on the long side of the model shown below, the calibration cube part is printed too big. If I calibrate the steps/mm based on the calibration cube part, ...
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Using the BLTouch to assist with manual bed levelling?
I struggle with paper levelling and find it to be excessively coarse and unspecific. I bought a 3DTouch, but I still need to make the bed generally level using the knobs. Otherwise, the print will be ...
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Why is a 3D Benchy considered a good test print for FDM printers?
the 3D Benchy is everywhere. It is one of the top test prints if you look away from a simple cube.
But what makes the Benchy a good test print at all? It does have almost no critical dimensions that ...
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Can't make Ender 3 V1 Level
I have an Ender 3 V1 with a glass Creality plate. I was having difficulty using manual levelling and my prints were struggling, so I ordered a 3DTouch. I have installed the 3DTouch and used Creality's ...
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Can't 'tune' out my problem, please help!
Alright, long story but I want to provide as much detail as possible:
I have a heavily modded Ender 3 Pro. Mods include:
Metal Extruder
Capricorn PTFE tube
Glass bed with improved leveling nuts
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Inconsistent E-step calibration test results
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, ...
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What options exist for augmenting the automatic bed-leveling?
When I print this file, one section smears. The print head is dragged through the soft filament.
At first I thought my aluminum bed was warped, so I upgraded to a glass bed. Test prints were much ...
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How can I correct *second and third layer* elephant foot?
I'm attempting to print this print-in-place bag clip (in the 80 and 100 sizes). Early prints came out well, except that my persistent elephant foot resulted in locking the hinge.
Oddly, a few days ...
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Klipper BED_SCREWS_ADJUST and SKEW_PROFILE interaction
Klipper lets you define a skew profile that is loaded / unloaded on demand during START_PRINT / END_PRINT macros called during printing of a sliced file. This seems to be the recommended way to apply ...
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PID tuning and different filament temperatures
Since I have lots of PETG, I ran tuning to 230 °C (average temp for my filaments).
What is it good for, in terms of temperature ranges?
For the same printer configuration, and just different filaments,...
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Z-offset: 0.2 mm, 0.1 mm or the thickness of paper?
So, I'm pretty new to 3D Printing, and to quote Spock from Wrath of Khan I would say "He is intelligent, but not experienced". Now everything I have been reading about Z-offset seems to talk ...
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How to systematically calibrate all the parameters of variable fan speed?
When a part is thin and the overall layer time decreases below a certain threshold, the plastic has no time to cool down enough to solidify and properly support the next layer, resulting in low print ...
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Ender 3 : problem on Z axis for the first layers ONLY
Got a tricky problem here :
I print plate (76x70x3 mm) however there heights (Z-axis) are not correct every time...
My extruder has been re-calibrated.
My bed has been re-calibrated.
So Firstly I re-...
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Is a slower outer perimeter speed still meaningful?
In the past we had printers with poor mechanics and with primitive software algorithms, therefore we used to print inner perimeters faster than the outermost one. See for example (generic, found ...
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What’s the best way of leveling the bed?
Recently I’ve been having trouble leveling my bed on my Creality Ender 3 Pro. It’s not that it’s hard to level or anything, it’s that it won’t stay level for more than a day or two. I’ve been ...
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Printing problem on right half of printer
I am having an issue with prints set on the right side of my printer bed. I have leveled the bed, have a BLTouch and used a bed visualizer just to try and get it manually as level as possible. You can ...
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Help coding the MIN_POS and x/y probe offsets
I've read a lot of posts in regard to these subjects but I think that the advice is just so saturated it's hard to know what to follow.
I've had trouble with my bed min pos and x/y probe offsets ever ...
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How can I improve dimensional accuracy of a delta printer?
I have a delta printer that I am trying to fine tune. I have printed a 20mm calibration cube and I get the following measurements:
X: 20.5
Y: 20.3
Z: 20.0
How can ...
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Incorrect inner dimensions of 3D prints with Ender 3
I have problem with my Ender 3. Whenever I print, I have proper outer dimensions (accuracy usually better than 0.1 mm, sometimes a bit worse), but every hole, pit or any inside dimension is inaccurate ...
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What specifics do models need to have to estimate the maximum acceleration my printer can withstand?
Previous questions on the topic of setting acceleration are:
How to theoretically calculate the maximum acceleration? (theoretical calculation)
How do I determine the acceleration value for my printer?...
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What is the purpose of partial (<100%) backlash correction?
Marlin has an option to fade out the amount of backlash correction, given as BACKLASH_CORRECTION. It is also available in GCode as ...
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Adjusting extruder
Since I have some problems with printing I wanted to try to adjust my extruder esteps. While changing the esteps I noticed that the value has almost no impact. My default setting was 93 and the ...
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Print wrap up and bends
I have the Bibo 2 3d printer that has two print heads which is nice, but I couldn't never get it to print good. I did level the plate, I did buy new filament (I am using Amazon PLA), but I couldn't ...
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Compressed corner in my prints
I'm getting issues with any print in the specific corner throughout different and unrelated prints. The specific corner comes out compressed.
I have tried to take pictures to illustrate the issue:
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What can cause Z height loss in the first few layers?
All my prints come out about 1 mm too short in the Z dimension. So for example a 20 mm cube comes out 19 mm high. A 10 mm cube comes out 9 mm high. The X and Y dimensions are fine. There's a little ...
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Expansion in bottom skin after first layer
I'm having an issue where prints with narrow tolerance come out fused. This makes it pretty much impossible to print anything with narrow parts. It seems to be mostly (maybe only) an issue in the ...
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Calculating gear ratio for leadscrew
My calibration at my printer is okay. When I try to move 10 mm, it's exactly 10 mm.
But I want to know what is my precision for Z-axis.
(not posting the link of the product maybe it's not ...
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Still got poor printing quality after calibrating my Anycubic Predator
I've got an Anycubic Predator (aka Anycubic D). I followed the official instructions and leveled my printer.
The first annoying problem I ran into is that after the auto-leveling, the level test ...
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Low Accuracy while perfect travel movement
I own an older Anet A6. Flashed the Marlin Firmware on it (and think I configured it properly). Also updated to the latest 2.0.5.3 some days ago). The nozzle is a 0.4 mm one, direct drive ...
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Temp Tower Setup Troubles -- Slic3r (How do you format G-Code {if} statements?)
I watched with great interest this video: Temp Tower - Slic3r Gcode Placeholders - How To - Chris's Basement -- Jan 23, 2019 Chris Riley
I found a model I'm happy with: Smart compact temperature ...
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Ender 3 home location
I have an Ender 3 and I have a problem with auto home. I use auto home and then level the bed with the wheels beneath the bed. I then start a print and the first layer is well above the bed. Perhaps ...
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PID Autotune not working properly
I'm running the autotune PID because I had to replace the hotend. The command that I launch is M303 E0 S200 C9. But from the temperature chart I see that he has ...
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2x scaling of Monoprice Mini Select v2 Firmware v30.50b after factory reset?
About a year ago, a bad print encased my hotend in PLA and I broke the wires due to my impatience trying to get the glob of PLA off.
I don't remember the details of the disaster print, but generally ...
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Ender 3Pro Calibration problem
I have a new Ender 3 Pro. I set it up and everything seems to work. I configured as such that the nozzle is only a sheet of paper apart from the bed. When I go to print, the extruder raises 2-3 ...
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Linear advance calibration technique
Marlin has a Linear Advance calibration pattern generator, but I find it's hard to use because:
It only prints the initial layer on the bed, where bed irregularities interfere with accurate reading ...
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Anycubic i3 Mega layer shifting
My Anycubic I3 Mega shifts every layer by a little distance making straight model lean to it's side by an angle.
For example, this white round blob should've been a straight up cylindrical shape, but ...
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Why am I getting Z banding/shifted layer on a single layer?
While I was calibrating my flow rate/extrusion multiplier, I noticed that one layer is shifted slightly. I wanted to re-print the cube in-case it was a fluke, but after two more prints, I saw that the ...
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Marlin 2.0 Firmware temperature jumping on LCD when trying to configure UBL
Flashed Marlin 2.0 on my Folgertech 2020 Prusa i3 variant.
Calibrating seems to have gone smoothly until I tried to set up UBL.
Saved the mesh into EEPROM with the ...
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How far off-plane of a 4th-corner probe should be cause for concern during bed leveling?
On my TAZ Pro, after modifying and reinstalling my build surface, I have the following verbose output from running self-calibration:
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Makerbot Replicator 2X - restarts after heating
Really need some help. Let me run you through as much as possible.
I have a Replicator 2x. I've owned this for around 2 weeks now (used). after some teething issues I've been printing really well all ...
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Why and how am I supposed to change the extrusion multiplier? [duplicate]
The slicing software knows exactly (given accurate E-step, filament diameter, nozzle diameter values) how much cold plastic is pushed in the extruder and how much mass is extruded.
Why should the ...
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What causes these blobby corners
Contrary to a lot of other corner related problems (where the corners are bulging), I seem to have a different problem where the corners (ONLY) seem to stick out and appear blobby in the x/y plane. ...
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Calibrated Esteps Causes Extruder Skipping
I have replaced the stock extruder on my Ender 3 with one of these:
The grip gear has a smaller diameter, so I calibrated the esteps as per the top google search: Extruder Calibration – 6 Easy Steps ...
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first layer unstable
I have been using my MK3 for about a year with no problems, but a couple of weeks ago I started to have the following issue: the printing head loses its first layer height calibration, apparently for ...
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Inconsistent Auto Bed Leveling - Having To Calculate Z Offset For EVERY Print
I am having a problem with my Flying Bear P902 3D printer where I have to calculate the Z offset for every single print. I calculate it using this method (and store it in EEPROM) : Link to ...
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How to solve spillage problem?
I've done calibration test with "Concentric circle test" (https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:11895) and at specific points there are little bumped points on the print. Also Thingiverse page of the test ...
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What do I need to do to recalibrate my printer after updating the firmware?
I just updated my Maker Select Plus from the stock (I believe RepRap-based) firmware to Advi3pp, which is Marlin based. The printer starts up and everything seems okay, but I haven't actually tried a ...
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Ender 3 X axis not level
I've been aware ever since I got it that my Ender 3's X-axis isn't level. Measuring from the top of it to the top of the frame, the right-hand (positive) side is about 4.7mm higher than the left.
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Specifying Z offset in Marlin firmware
I need to set a Z offset for the Flying bear P902. I calculated the offset (-2.98). But, every time when I try to input this using the LCD screen of my 3D printer, the value jumps to either -2.99 or -...