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Hello I am trying a large print, but keep getting layer shift the X. Have dropped the speed down to 50mm/s and loosened the X belt.
I had stringing issues and thought that it maybe the nozzle catching – added 0.5mm to Z hop, set retraction to 6mm and 0.2mm coast which got rid of the stringing.
PLA filament with nozzle at 200 degrees, print bed at 70 degrees, 0.4mm nozzle and 0.2mm layer height
I read the thread about setting Vref up – anything else I can try???
thanks in advance
Nev
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[img]http://pixelsplus.co.uk/layershift/IMG_2274.jpg [/img] What are your VREF values for X Y and Z? Make sure it is taught, and when plucked doesnt flop around. if it vibrates for 5-7 seconds and makes a nice low bass tone, then you’ll be fine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7A-nBHtSOY For this sort of issue. Take a methodical approach. There are literally hundreds of secondary causes of layer shift, trunking down it the following few categories
1)Insufficient or over power / per torque requirement (vref values will provide an indication here) If stepper driver is hot to touch, you know you have a problem.
2)Physical obstruction **highly possible with large nozzle.
If its an over power issue, stepper driver heat will give an good indication.
Under power, stepper driver likely cool to touch, however when manually obstructed, motor will skip steps easily – just move X 100mm while creating an obstruction with your hand, does the motor push you out of the way easily? Or does your motor skip steps?
Physical obstruction : Large nozzles need a very tightly calibrated extrusion. A small artifact with a small nozzle is easy for the hotend to iron over. Likewise a large artifact produced by a large nozzle can create a physical obstruction impossible to iron over leading to skipped steps. For this reason, with large nozzles – ooze and over extrusion should be as tightly controlled as possible.
1) Do an extrusion calibration – very very important. Ive written about this a number of times – Check my other posts.
2) Check the nozzle diameter is what you think it is : Manually extrude some filament using your LCD, try to avoid letting it stretch as it extrudes and measure width with calipers? Any where near what you thought it was? Consider turning off Automatic Extrusion width in your slicer and also consider reducing extrusion multiplier until large unwanted artifacts which cause skips disappear.
Lastly and not absolutely required if the above is done properly- Only once you are certain your have verified your nozzle width and calibrated your extruder, consider enabling and using M233 Linear advance : Google Repetier Linear Advance ie
https://forum.repetier.com/discussion/6971/lin-advance-setup Lin advance is a big topic and information can be difficult to decipher given the different implementations. You can certainly use Lin advance Test code Generators
https://marlinfw.org/tools/lin_advance/k-factor.html made for any Marlin version if you wish, just bear in mind you may need to use Notepad++ to find/replace instances of “M900 K” to “M233 Y” and also set the starting and ending value much higher IE 0-250.Perhaps first, try and get and idea of what it does by watching some videos and doing some reading then feel free to ask if you have any specific questions.
They all sound waaaayyy too high. I’ll measure mine tomorrow morning, but pretty sure they’re all around .8, maybe a little more for Z. I can only assume yours are running hot??? Put your finger on them after printing for a few mins. It would explain a lot!! I’ll get a chance to try your manual method later today – what’s the current rating of the supplied Nema’s to set a baseline
2Amp / phase. You’ve got a much better chance of over working the 8825 driver than you do the motor. As an aside -we changed to the 2:1 hot end which has a different thermistor to the one we got with the original setup. Should the firmware be altered to reflect this? Is the one supplied the 100K NTC 3950??
Testing the Linear Advance tonight
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