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azdle@news.idlestate.org 2 days ago Honestly, it’s been so long since I’ve had to adjust z-height, I don’t have a guess for how far you need to go.
The way I like to do it is to just start a print on something like a cube and play with the live z adjust until it looks nice and smooth. IMO, it’s better to be just a little too high rather than a little too low.
antianarchist@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
This.
Just create a 50x50x0.2 “cube”. Then let it print 3-4 lines. If the filament is round like spaghetti and not touching each other, you are too high. Lower it. Repeat until the filament is so much pressed down, that it flows to the sides (you can see ridges next to where the nozzle printed). Then you are too low. Ideally, you just have a very flat, connected surface.
As soon as you change the temperature of the extruder or heatbed, you might have to calibrate the z-axis again. Other than that, it doesn’t have to be perfect.