Re: Bearings Don't Fit ABS Printed Parts
heartless wrote:If I may - I have done a couple of write-ups on how to properly calibrate and posted them on my blog.... broken into 2 parts...
Part 1 - average filament diameter and E-steps/mm: http://northwoods3d.weebly.com/blog/fil … ion-part-1
Part 2 - Extrusion calibration: http://northwoods3d.weebly.com/blog/-fl … coming-out
You must have had a great teacher somewhere along the way
Ya think, maybe?? LOL
for a decent caliper, look up EZ Cal by I-Gauging. (https://www.amazon.com/iGaging-Electron … B001AQEZ2W)
I got mine roughly 2 years ago and have replaced the battery once in that time (when it starts having problems zeroing out, and staying zeroed, it is time to replace the battery)
We (the other half and I) did a lot of researching and reading of reviews before buying - the EZ Cal was compared to some pretty high end, expensive units and did quite well in accuracy and smoothness of movement - for a fraction of the price.
as for the tutorial -
All of my printers (5 of them currently) have had the E-steps calibrated the same way shown in the tutorial.
Note: It is important to run a few millimeters (I suggest 10mm minimum) of filament through after making a change to the E-steps/mm so the system can reset itself BEFORE you try measuring again! If you don't do that step, you will not get accurate results!
I currently have 55 different materials/colors profiled in Slic3r - every one of them calibrated the same way I outline in the tutorial...
I can use any one of them in any of my 5 printers, simply by selecting the material/color name in the profile list and get excellent results every time.
SD4 #3 - in the works ~ Folgertech FT-5, rev 1
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