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by motofufu9k
Sat Jan 04, 2020 3:09 am
Forum: Print Quality
Topic: weird printer movement
Replies: 6
Views: 18749

Re: weird printer movement

So the extruder works reliably now. I just had to clean the nozzle twice and clean the print bed and level it a couple of times and now the thing is printing as good as it never has before.
by motofufu9k
Thu Jan 02, 2020 11:28 pm
Forum: Print Quality
Topic: weird printer movement
Replies: 6
Views: 18749

Re: weird printer movement

I think I have found my problem. The extruder is extremely inaccurate. When telling it to extrude 100mm, it extrudes between 0 to 18mm too little. No idea what I would do about that though.
by motofufu9k
Thu Jan 02, 2020 9:29 am
Forum: Print Quality
Topic: weird printer movement
Replies: 6
Views: 18749

Re: weird printer movement

A little update on the issue. Apparently the reference voltage for the extruder stepper motor was too low. It was set to 0.8V when the Motor can take up to 2.16V. So I set the Volate to 1.7V, which is the most that the controllers output and that has improved the issue significantly. IMG_20200101_19...
by motofufu9k
Wed Jan 01, 2020 10:15 pm
Forum: Print Quality
Topic: weird printer movement
Replies: 6
Views: 18749

weird printer movement

Hello, my geeetech acrylic i3 pro b is making weird gaps when printing. I am mostly interested in the gaps between the 45° angle prints. IMG_20200101_131817.jpg I have been using repetierhost with slic3r, but also tried it with slic3er from the sd card. Firmware is Marlin 1.0.05. I am trying to prin...