Topic: Extruder skipping
Hi there,
I'm relatively new to the solidoodle system, and having a few issues with our machine here at work where it seems to be skipping steps during extrusion.
I've done a few tests extruding manually through the printer interface where setting the feedrate to a much lower speed seems to solve the problem. But as it looks to me that the feedrate is just too much during printing for the nozzle to handle and creating too much pressure within the printhead causing the motor to skip steps or "jump".
I'm not to familiar with the inner workings of solidoodles settings, but is there anyone that has come across similar problems or know of a fix?
I've got a wee video here of it if my words are coming across as crazy speak. If you watch carefully you can see the grubscrew on the drive gear jumping back.
youtube.com/watch?v=DPjqQY9FWzw
Cheers
Evan