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Hi,
I'm pretty new, but I'll try to help you out.
Your steps/mm seem way too high even without knowing your motor specs, belt pitch, or # of pulley teeth. Your calculations are several orders of magnitude off for some reason. For a 200 step/rev motor with 1/32 microstepping and a T-5 belt system, you should get around 160 steps/mm. Depending on your motor and belt configuration, this value co
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mycarlooksfast
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I'm getting the same problem, but with PLA filament. I know my small extruder gear is tight and turns consistantly. I know the extruder has enough power to push but not to overheat.
I think hte problem is my idle bolts don't have springs on them. causing the idle to loosen every once in a while and stop pressure on the hobbed bolt and hense, the filament.
Does the idler nee
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mycarlooksfast
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Hi there. Just curious, but what slicer program are you using?
I only ask because I was encountering similar issues with gaps on the top layers when small perimeters are involved (like the small gears) when using Slic3r. I fiddled with the settings but nothing I tried would change anything. When I slice the small gear using Cura, the solid infill at the top is much more robust, filling all th
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mycarlooksfast
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Filip Wrote:
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> Did this resolve your issue? Can you repost your
> before/after photos? I think I may be seeing the
> same problem.
Hi there. Sorry for not updating but yes, I did get to the root of the problem. Turns out it was a combination of air in the filament, the idler not being tightened enough against the hobbed bolt, an
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mycarlooksfast
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Thank you for your reply! I've finally had a chance to fiddle around with it and discovered the extruder motor was running at a lower current than I thought I set it at. So I upped the voltage a tad and reprinted the part in the above pictures. The infill was quite a bit more consistent but I was hearing a ton of popping during printing and once I got to about layer 10, the extruder jammed up
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mycarlooksfast
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Hi everyone,
I just finished my first 3d printer build and its up and running but I'm having a weird print issue that I can't seem to pinpoint, so I'm hoping someone more knowledgeable can point me in the right direction. Basically, the issue is that I'm getting inconsistent nozzle flow that seems to have some sort of pattern to it. The problem is very apparent when printing large infill secti
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mycarlooksfast
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