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Z Steps

Posted by Floyd

Floyd

Z Steps
April 15, 2015 09:54AM

Registered: 10 years ago
Posts: 770

I printed out a 20mm x 20mm x 50mm tower last night and the x-y of 20x20 was REAL close at about .05-.1mm off. Im ok with that.
On the 50mm height though it came out 49mm. I have my zsteps set to 4000 for my m5 rod. I was printing ABS at 240c with a .4mm tip and .2mm layers.
What should the new zsteps be to get my height fixed?

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the_digital_dentist

Re: Z Steps
April 15, 2015 10:29AM

Registered: 11 years ago
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The error is -2%, so increase the steps per mm by 2% to 4080.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/15/2015 10:30AM by the_digital_dentist.

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ggherbaz

Re: Z Steps
April 15, 2015 11:38AM

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For my M5 I have 4084, so it should be close.

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Floyd

Re: Z Steps
April 15, 2015 11:50AM

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Awesome. Thats what I was getting , I just wanted clarification before I adjust.
Im going to run another tower tonight and see how the changes go.

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Floyd

Re: Z Steps
April 16, 2015 08:39AM

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4080 Zsteps worked like a charm.
I was also able to bump my flow rate back up.
It was driving me nuts that I had to run 85% flow. If I did 100% it would seem to overextrude.

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chris33

Re: Z Steps
April 16, 2015 02:22PM

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Edit you e steps for the z height keep the 4000 steps for your z u shouldn't need to adjust the z

Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 04/16/2015 03:49PM by chris33.

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