Comment on How do I make this work? Or should I give up?
sweetgemberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks agoThanks for responding.
I think the biggest issue I ever had was being unable to accurately level the z axis evenly across the whole bed. It uses four of these frustrating little metal circles each located on a corner of the bed you have to twist that give no real measure to how much you’re turning them at all.
I did check the temps and adjusted them at times based on the filament manufacturers suggestions and online comments. That only really was a problem when the nozzle clogged because it wasn’t getting hot enough.
I wouldn’t know how to measure the steppers but I know the temps are quite accurate from measuring them externally.
I’m not sure what you mean by the heat bed needing to be level relative to the X and Y.
neidu3@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
The XY axises (axii?) need to be parallell to the heatbed, meaning that no matter where the print head moves, it’s always the same distance away from the bed.
A printed doesn’t have to be perfectly level relative to the earth, but it does have to be level relative to the print head.
sweetgemberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Oh I understand now thanks for explaining. Yes this has been a consistent issue that I’ve had. I’m really having trouble making the levels consistent across the bed.
neidu3@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Based on the picture and your explanation it sounds like this might be the issue, or at least one of them.
So, if I understand that design correctly, you tighten the screws going into those washer looking things, and the sprint pushes the bed up, causing it to stay in place?
If so, here’s what I’d do:
sweetgemberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
That’s how it works yeah. The problem is measuring that distance is really hard to do, especially consistently. They used to advise putting some paper between the bed and the head but I never could do it right.