Help with putting e3d v6 in solidoodle 4 (Page 2 of 2)

I was doing 5cm, not mm. But still is less than 100mm. I was just doing it because it saved time in hitting extrude, measuring, repeat. I did just re test with 100mm though. My 139 e steps per mm seems extremely close to a perfect 100mm, which I'm satisfied with. I measured 100mm from the top of my extruder and marked it, then hit extrude 100 in repetier host. The goal was to then have it go down to the very top of the black of the extruder. See the first image of my link ill put below. I think this method is correct and similar to what I'm supposed to do to measure?

I fiddled with the extrusion multiplier anyway just for testing purposes because I feel like my e steps per mm should be right unless I'm mistaken (but I can set it back to 1 and do other things if you have other steps I should take). I did get it to print my little tube correctly and decently, so your over extrusion theory is probobly pretty spot on as expected. My issue is when I then went to print the wall test from before, it was so thin that with the moire on the weak pulses is literally had holes in the wall lol... So I feel like my low extrusion multi isnt right and I need to do other steps. These are shown in the link below. The 3rd item in the second pic is my wall test at 0.9 extrusion rate, and seemed to be pretty good. But that setting doesnt print my tube well, so somethings still not right. The other two are a way too low 0.65 rate which was needed to make the tube print well. but 0.65 is obviously way too low, I just wanted to see how low I had to put it to make the tube print well. Obviously, theres some other issues haha.

And I just want to say Moire is a pain in the ass. At some steps per mm its not bad, like my 139 and 0.9 multiplier wall test. but at some numbers its just terrible lol.

Thanks for the help.

Thanks for the info Heartless. I'll go through these steps. I was definitely calibrating wrong haha.

So update. I did do the calibration steps properly. I was origionally havign a hard time because my moire was just so bad at most settings that I couldnt take accurate measurements (because the wall would range from 0.3's to 0.5's). I tweaked my e stepper voltage thing on the board, and the moire is less extreme now, so I was able to get it very close to a perfect 0.48 wall.

My issue, is my tube is still having the issue. I'm starting to think its a bed leveling thing, or something not related to the over extrusion. I was over definitely over extruding before, but now I think there was more than one issue. I've tried to level my bed but I have a really hard time getting it perfect because its the dumb 3 knob system, so changing one messes up the others. I've been trying to print and then tweak my bed to see if it helps. I've also noticed the brim's of my prints is messed up, so theres definitely something up with my bed setup.

https://imgur.com/a/lG2lUAy
My test wall, the good side of my tube, second pic is the bad side of my tube that makes me think its a bed leveling issue (because its always that side)

It could be something lose.  But I feel like if I was actually getting bad hot end wobble or something it would be everywhere, and there would be noticeable ghosting or something. Not just in this 1 spot o nthe same side of the print.

I have gotten some more ground on trying to get the leveling perfect. I remembered a weird 'bad printer hack' I used to use. If I dont print in the center of the bed, leveling issues matter less. If I print in the center of the bed, it has the issue. But I've tweaked the bed a tiny bit more, and the issue is just slightly there. Will do more tests tomorrow.

Heres the one printed in the center, and one printed to the side. The one on the left has a tiny bit of the issue, but otherwise my calibration is so much better than before. My tube I printed actually fits over the tube its supposed to fit on. Before my proper calibration, it was too tight. so thanks for the help with that, made a big difference.
https://imgur.com/a/yGAoe0d