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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Solidoodle 2]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>And for future reference...</p><p>Every roll of filament is going to be different. even 2 rolls of the same color from the same manufacturer will be different.</p><p>These calibration steps should be done for every single roll you use the first time you use it. <br />by saving the profile with an appropriate name, you can then switch colors and/or materials quickly and easily by selecting the correct profile for a given roll. </p><p>I have something like 30 different profiles stored right now - one for each roll of filament I have in my arsenal. <br />My profile names go something like this: material type, Manufacturer ID (may be full name, may be initials) &amp; the color <br />Examples:<br /></p><ul><li><p>ABS Octave White<br />ABS HB Red<br />ABS Inland Green<br />PLA MP Orange<br />PLA SS Blue</p></li></ul><p>Because I change colors frequently, this is <strong>very</strong> useful to me.</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[heartless]]></name>
				<uri>https://www.soliforum.com/user/10399/</uri>
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			<updated>2015-12-05T15:54:17Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Solidoodle 2]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>back to the single wall calibration cube...</p><p>after printing one out with the above settings, use your calipers to measure the thickness of all 4 walls. Keep the angle of the caliper jaws low, you only want to grab 1 or 2 layers - not the whole wall (see green line in pic below) Be careful not get into the layer seam area as well - stay towards the center of the wall.</p><p><span class="postimg"><img src="http://soliforum.com/i/?NpUu6P2.jpg" alt="http://soliforum.com/i/?NpUu6P2.jpg" /></span></p><p>make note of all 4 wall measurements. Add them up, then divide by 4 to get the average wall thickness. <br />We are shooting for an ideal wall thickness of 0.48mm </p><p>if your wall average is higher than 0.48, we need to make an adjustment to the extrusion multiplier..</p><p>the math is:<br />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;0.48 / your average = new extrusion multiplier</p><p>Example:<br />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;0.48 / 0.52 = 0.92307.....&nbsp; </p><p>our new extrusion multiplier would be 0.92 (round to 2 decimal places)</p><p>enter that number into the appropriate box on the &quot;filament settings&quot; tab of slic3r and save it.</p><p>Print another calibration cube and measure it to verify the wall thickness is correct, if not, tweak your extrusion multiplier number a little up or down to get as close as possible to the 0.48 average (if too thick, try slightly smaller (using our example number - 0.91) if too thin, try slightly higher (example: 0.93) you can take it out to 3 decimal places if needed, but it wont make that much of a difference. </p><p>also be sure to take a good look at the wall itself - once dialed in it should look something like this:</p><p><span class="postimg"><img src="http://soliforum.com/i/?LLjfBFR.jpg" alt="http://soliforum.com/i/?LLjfBFR.jpg" /></span></p><p>the layers are nice and straight &amp; pretty smooth, no diagonal pattern showing (moire) <br />If you do have a strong diagonal pattern, it will be difficult to get good wall thickness readings. <br />You may need to tweak the voltage of the extruder stepper driver to reduce the moire to a less noticeable level.</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[heartless]]></name>
				<uri>https://www.soliforum.com/user/10399/</uri>
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			<updated>2015-12-05T15:43:21Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Solidoodle 2]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>also make sure heated bed temp is OK some are a bit off from actual temp mine does best at 80c some 110c so may need some trial and error to set for best stick. inclosed bed helps on big prints too</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[n2ri]]></name>
				<uri>https://www.soliforum.com/user/795/</uri>
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			<updated>2015-12-04T18:56:44Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Solidoodle 2]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<div class="quotebox"><cite>heartless wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>Just trying to give back a little of the help I got here all those months ago,&nbsp; <img src="https://www.soliforum.com/img/smilies/smile.png" width="15" height="15" alt="smile" /> </p><p>and sometimes pictures/screenshots can speak volumes more than mere words can. <img src="https://www.soliforum.com/img/smilies/wink.png" width="15" height="15" alt="wink" /></p></blockquote></div><p>I couldn´t have said it better myself !</p><p>i will test my settings now, after this i upload some picture of what i got..(maybe i will put all of this in a nice post together, later on )</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[Mahkz]]></name>
				<uri>https://www.soliforum.com/user/11394/</uri>
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			<updated>2015-12-04T10:04:03Z</updated>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<div class="quotebox"><cite>wardjr wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>Nice!!!<br />Thanks heartless</p></blockquote></div><p>Just trying to give back a little of the help I got here all those months ago,&nbsp; <img src="https://www.soliforum.com/img/smilies/smile.png" width="15" height="15" alt="smile" /> </p><p>and sometimes pictures/screenshots can speak volumes more than mere words can. <img src="https://www.soliforum.com/img/smilies/wink.png" width="15" height="15" alt="wink" /></p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[heartless]]></name>
				<uri>https://www.soliforum.com/user/10399/</uri>
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			<updated>2015-12-04T03:18:26Z</updated>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>wow this is awesome thank you so mutch <img src="https://www.soliforum.com/img/smilies/smile.png" width="15" height="15" alt="smile" /> all of you <img src="https://www.soliforum.com/img/smilies/smile.png" width="15" height="15" alt="smile" /></p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[Mahkz]]></name>
				<uri>https://www.soliforum.com/user/11394/</uri>
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			<updated>2015-12-03T21:48:45Z</updated>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>Nice!!!<br />Thanks heartless</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[wardjr]]></name>
				<uri>https://www.soliforum.com/user/2291/</uri>
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			<updated>2015-12-03T16:15:47Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Solidoodle 2]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>I use Slic3r so my info will pertain to that particular slicing program...</p><p>Open Slic3r by clicking on the configure button (latest version used here - v1.2.9)</p><p>In the &quot;filament settings&quot; tab, under &quot;filament&quot;, make the following changes - </p><p><span class="postimg"><img src="http://soliforum.com/i/?XjtG6M6.jpg" alt="http://soliforum.com/i/?XjtG6M6.jpg" /></span></p><p>don&#039;t forget to save your changes when done. </p><p>Then, in the &quot;printer setting&quot; tab, under &quot;extruder 1&quot;, make sure your nozzle size is set correctly.<br />0.4 nozzle should be set at 0.48<br />0.35 nozzle should be set at 0.42</p><p>generally speaking, nozzle diameter should be set to 120% of actual nozzle size - i believe this is to take die swell into account (?).</p><p><span class="postimg"><img src="http://soliforum.com/i/?hVyrvRb.jpg" alt="http://soliforum.com/i/?hVyrvRb.jpg" /></span></p><p>after making the changes (be sure to save everything) you want to select the profile you have created in RH&#039;s slicing tab, load up a calibration cube and print a single wall (1 perimeter)/zero infill version of it about 5-10mm high</p><p><span class="postimg"><img src="http://soliforum.com/i/?4SB0ofw.jpg" alt="http://soliforum.com/i/?4SB0ofw.jpg" /></span></p><p><span class="postimg"><img src="http://soliforum.com/i/?vGoTFEs.jpg" alt="http://soliforum.com/i/?vGoTFEs.jpg" /></span></p><p>you only need to print the cube tall enough to get a good measurement of wall thickness - no need to print the whole thing.</p><p>(have to head to work now...)</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[heartless]]></name>
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			<updated>2015-12-03T15:10:23Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Solidoodle 2]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<div class="quotebox"><cite>wardjr wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>You can try that but I have never seen one that wasn&#039;t 105-108</p></blockquote></div><p>mine was actually 103.something, before i upgraded to the 8825 stepper driver. <img src="https://www.soliforum.com/img/smilies/wink.png" width="15" height="15" alt="wink" /></p><p>but yeah, get it as close as possible to the 100mm asked for, 100mm given - whatever that number may be.</p><p>next step will be calibrating your filament &amp; filament extrusion width.</p><p>I hope you have a digital caliper?</p><p>measure the filament diameter in multiple places along a meter or two length (7-12 measurements)<br />calculate the average of those measurements and enter that number into your slicer as the filament size.</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[heartless]]></name>
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			<updated>2015-12-03T14:16:31Z</updated>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>okay got that is all the same bed level now</p><p>but first of all thank you so mutch with your help til here <img src="https://www.soliforum.com/img/smilies/smile.png" width="15" height="15" alt="smile" /><br />helped me a lot <img src="https://www.soliforum.com/img/smilies/smile.png" width="15" height="15" alt="smile" /></p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[Mahkz]]></name>
				<uri>https://www.soliforum.com/user/11394/</uri>
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			<updated>2015-12-02T22:08:45Z</updated>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>close enough next it level that bed in relation to the nozzle about a paper thickness from touching.&nbsp; too close is usually better than too far.&nbsp; check it above the three screws and report back if then at the center of the bed there is a huge difference.<br />can&#039;t set extrusion multiplier with a bed that isn&#039;t level.</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[wardjr]]></name>
				<uri>https://www.soliforum.com/user/2291/</uri>
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			<updated>2015-12-02T20:37:47Z</updated>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>your right!<br />its 108 maybe 107 i try this out more.<br />whats next <img src="https://www.soliforum.com/img/smilies/smile.png" width="15" height="15" alt="smile" />))) but its now almost 100mm maybe i marked a bit wrong so .</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[Mahkz]]></name>
				<uri>https://www.soliforum.com/user/11394/</uri>
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			<updated>2015-12-02T20:33:53Z</updated>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>You can try that but I have never seen one that wasn&#039;t 105-108</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[wardjr]]></name>
				<uri>https://www.soliforum.com/user/2291/</uri>
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			<updated>2015-12-02T20:30:55Z</updated>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>okay he took almost 15 mm more my E is default E: 115.00 <br />do i need to change it to 100 ?</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[Mahkz]]></name>
				<uri>https://www.soliforum.com/user/11394/</uri>
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			<updated>2015-12-02T20:29:10Z</updated>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>Easy enough lets start with calibration of E: steps.&nbsp; It is one of the most important things.&nbsp; Measure 100mm of your filament from the top of the extruder and place a mark.&nbsp; Heat up and tell it to extrude 100mm&#039;s in the manual controls of RH and see how much is pulls in.&nbsp; Odds are it will be a lot closer to 138mm.&nbsp; We need to change that in EEPROM which is located<br /><span class="postimg"><img src="http://i.imgur.com/gRUgqPL.png" alt="http://i.imgur.com/gRUgqPL.png" /></span><br />You will want to set that highlighted number to about 105 on your machine.<br />let me know when you&#039;ve got it pulling in exactly 100mm</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[wardjr]]></name>
				<uri>https://www.soliforum.com/user/2291/</uri>
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			<updated>2015-12-02T20:13:00Z</updated>
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