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Hi,
After now running 10-15 hours with my printer I noticed that it needs some tensioning.
I have noticed that the whole part where the extruder is lokated is kind of shaky (was not at the beginning)
I would say that the "white bricks" that lay against the rods are not snug anymore and causing the problem.
Does anyone recognize this, and have anyone tried to "fix" this problem since it's now making a shaking sound (movement) on rapid shifts in y-axis.
When I noticed this, I loosened the screw on one of those white Teflon blocks and turned it a little so the corner pressed down on the rod a little more, and tightened it back up. That took most of the wiggle out.
I had the exact same problem on mine. All my prints had lots of errors on the back (towards the filament roll) When i tightened this, I had much better results. But now I have problems with prints coming loose in the back end. Could it be a problem with bed alignment?
That sounds like the bed isn't level. One way to tell is to watch the first layer, and see if the thread width seems to change from one part of the bed to another.
I recommend printing the thumbscrews here - http://www.soliforum.com/topic/242/thum … m-beneath/ It makes the job a lot easier.
Thanks! Gotta buy some epoxy glue tomorrow. The bed isnt level at all!
Thanks! Gotta buy some epoxy glue tomorrow. The bed isnt level at all!
End up getting it fixed? We'd hate to see you living life with a crooked bed.
I managed to get it leveled with using vice grips. Printing fine now 
You couldn't get the bed level using the leveling screws?
I leveled yesterday for the first time using paper under the nozzle. I guarantee I'm within a couple thousandths over the whole bed. I printed a 1 layer 5x5 sqare full infill to test and it was beautiful and consistent all the way across. Ian's way is much better, but more than I need for what I'm using it for.
Print the week 3 challenge glider as a bed leveling test. It's one layer thick and fills most of the bed.
Print the week 3 challenge glider as a bed leveling test. It's one layer thick and fills most of the bed.
I printed it already on my untouched machine as a baseline and it printed nearly perfectly, just a little trouble getting it to stick in one spot because I literally had dust on the bed to start. The picture is in that thread.
You couldn't get the bed level using the leveling screws?
I got glue today and glued the thumbscrews on to the leveling screws. I used vice grips on the threads of the leveling screws earlier.
I managed to fine tune the bed now using paper. Prints like a boss!
IanJohnson wrote:You couldn't get the bed level using the leveling screws?
I got glue today and glued the thumbscrews on to the leveling screws. I used vice grips on the threads of the leveling screws earlier.
I managed to fine tune the bed now using paper. Prints like a boss!
Glad to hear it!
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