Yeah this is a good call to check. Can you even just squirt filament into the air consistently?
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IMALlama@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Have you verified that you can extrude filament with the extruder stationary and a decent height above your bed? While you’re at it, you might as well do e-steps.
Shadow@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
franzfurdinand@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Yep! It actually extrudes just fine. I’m starting to wonder if maybe my z axis e-steps are just slightly off and it’s enough to compound over the course of the print. It seems to hit a certain spot and start grinding itself into the print, which suggests that it might not be moving up enough per layer.
IMALlama@lemmy.world 5 months ago
It looks like you’re under-extruding and/or clogging. If you can get filament through your nozzle in air, but not while printing, I wonder if you have enough tension on your filament? Extruder emperature variation as you move around might be another possibility. Not moving correctly in z would cause your parts to mushroom and is easy enough to check by homing, moving the nozzle to say z10, and then measuring the gap.
Good luck!
franzfurdinand@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Yep. I calibrated all the e-steps too. Not just the extruder, but the the movement e-steps as well.