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z axis skips steps in the middle of perfect print

Posted by johnnoname 
z axis skips steps in the middle of perfect print
December 23, 2013 02:04AM
so ive build an mendel prusa i3 useing marlin firmware and repetier and am printing from sd card ive been printing for som weeks whithout problems but yesterday i whantet to brint a box for ramps 1.4 the height of it should have ben 12,5 cm but when the print whas done it only whas 9 mm the display on the printer said it had liftet 12,5 and when i lift it normaly when not printing it lifts corectly so why do this happen when printing larger things:/
im yusing ramps 1.4 and arduino mega

p.s srry for my bad writhing hope you can read it
Re: z axis skips steps in the middle of perfect print
December 23, 2013 05:24AM
slow down z axis in firmware. make its max speed 180mm or 3mm/s

also lube your z axis with 3/1 oil. it seems like binding may be going on,
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