<![CDATA[SoliForum - 3D Printing Community — General Maintenance]]> 2016-09-06T13:23:25Z PunBB https://www.soliforum.com/topic/15486/general-maintenance/ <![CDATA[Re: General Maintenance]]> I think that you could be right ... that is the only part of the printer that I can move ... not a lot of movement, but it is there. How does one fix this?

Tom

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/14812/ 2016-09-06T13:23:25Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/126803/#p126803 <![CDATA[Re: General Maintenance]]> If it's a regularly occurring pattern it might be z wobble

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/6797/ 2016-09-06T13:07:32Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/126802/#p126802 <![CDATA[General Maintenance]]> OK, so I am up to 150 hours or so on the machine now. It is working pretty good and I don't have any real problems to speak of. I am now wondering  about the life span of some of the parts on the machine.

I check the belts regularly and they seam to be good, still tight and springy.
I am using bicycle type, Teflon grease on the bars and bearings, making sure that I wipe off the excess that gathers at the ends of the movement.

I check to make sure that the end stops haven't moved.

I am always listening for new noises.

I am finding that on a longer print, there will be sections that are near perfect, except for one line that will be out of register. I recently did a box that was 30mm tall ...every 4th or 5th line was out a bit, and the rest were great.

Can the bearings be adjusted? I find there is a bit of vertical movement in the print head, as if a bearing was a bit loose.

That's it for now.

Tom

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