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nozzle drag

Posted by nic0laz

nic0laz

nozzle drag
May 23, 2013 06:57PM

Registered: 11 years ago
Posts: 633

Hi!

i have a prusa i3, m5 threaded rod on z axis.

While printing different objects i have nozzle drag when moving.

Dont know if its not going up as it should or if im missing something else.

any hints?

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rhmorrison

Re: nozzle drag
May 23, 2013 07:41PM

Registered: 14 years ago
Posts: 3,742

In your host move from z=0 to z=100mm and then measure the distance traveled.
If it is less than 100mm then either your E_STEPS_PER_MM_Z is too low or you are loosing steps.

Bob Morrison
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