Corners on round shapes

Hey there,

I built a CoreXY after the design of Jand1122 (https://github.com/jand1122/RepRap-XY) into an Flsun Cube

But unfortunately when I print some shapes I get a strange behavior which I tried to point out in this picture
I am doing this with some filament I only use for calibration stuff and so on so excuse the color... You see that I get "corners" where it stitches the Perimeters Ends.
Also it seems to print a straight line there at the end where it should be round. This happens on the sections of the circlethat are parallel to the x-Axis but I can not measure any reverse play or backlash.

G-Code is all fine and round

Any tips how I could fix that I am becoming desperate on this...

Thanks for any help

What acceleration, jerk, speeds, motor currents are you using?

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What acceleration, jerk, speeds, motor currents are you using?

#define DEFAULT_ACCELERATION 1000
#define DEFAULT_RETRACT_ACCELERATION 2500
#define DEFAULT_TRAVEL_ACCELERATION 1500
#define DEFAULT_XJERK 9.0
#define DEFAULT_YJERK 9.0

Quite high motor current of 1.4A on MKS LV8729 drivers

You may be seeing the result of flexing in the guide rails, or play in the bearings or both.

Are you printing at high speeds?

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That looks like a mechanical issue along the x direction. Is there any play in the gantry? What diameter and length are you using for the y rods?

I see white belts. Are you using steel core with a too small pulley diameter?

Sorry for my late reply

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Are you printing at high speeds?

-> No I am printing at about 50-60mm/s

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What diameter and length are you using for the y rods?

-> 8mm Rods for both x(410mm length) and y(425mm length)
I would consider the x Axis more stable than y becaus of the two directly connected rods which are also a little shorter

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I see white belts. Are you using steel core with a too small pulley diameter?

-> Yep Steel core GT2 but with 24teeth pulleys (~12mm Diameter) and fl624zz bearings (13mm Diameter)

As I said there is no play as far as I can tell. Belts are very tight but I don't think it is strong enough to bend these rods which I got directly from IGUS (so they should be high quality)

I also think this is a mechanical problem but I don't know what exactly causes this

The lead screws are constrained. Make sure they aren't bent.

The straight lines run parallel to the X axis. At that point when you're printing a circle, motion in the Y direction has slowed to a crawl. DRV8825s are known to skip usteps when the speed is low.
Does the machine use DRV8825 drivers?

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boredom.is.me
The lead screws are constrained. Make sure they aren't bent.

The ones from the bed? No they are fine

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Does the machine use DRV8825 drivers

Nope as mentioned before I am using the LV8729 nevertheless that might be a point. I will try to snap on the standard polulus again and report back thanks for the hint.
Unfortunately I can not test this before wednesday evening because I am writing two examina til wednesday

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/16/2018 03:44PM by Schild0r.

Snapped on the A4988 drivers. Unfortunately this made no difference

Is a 24 teeth pulley big enough for steel core belts?

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Is a 24 teeth pulley big enough for steel core belts?

is it?

The problem with steel core belts in the XY stage is that there are a bunch of pulleys and steel core belts take quite a lot of work just to bend around the pulleys. The ultimate problem with that is that the belts keep flexing back and forth, and if the radius of curvature is too small, the steel core breaks and the belt suddenly gets stretchy at the break site, which causes all sorts of weird behavior in a printer. I haven't found any recommendations on minimum bend radius for steel core belts, but I did see a rule of thumb in a steel cable use note saying that the radius of curvature should be at least 10x the diameter of the cable. The cables in steel core GT2 belt are about 0.5 mm diameter, so by the rule of thumb, a 5 mm bend radius should be OK, but the reality seems like it's too small just based on the effort it takes to bend the belt like that. I was going to try steel core GT2 in the XY stage in my printer, but aborted the install when I realized how much effort it took just to bend the belts around the 22 mm diameter pulleys.

I'm using glass core Gates LL2MR09 belts in my XY stage with 400 step/rev motors, and they perform just fine. My moving mass may be 2-3x your printer's moving mass, so glass core should work fine in your printer.

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Thanks very much for that hint. I will definetly try this but I think I won't get these new belts very quickly...

I am not sure if this solves the problem (because it only appears parallel to the x axis ant not to the y axis)
but I will definetly change the belts. Maybe I will find the cause of this problem when putting on new belts.