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Im curious as to finding out the best mods to do for my solidoodle 3 to increase print quality and reliability. So far i have a glass bed, e3d v6, and my power supply upgraded but i plan on doing more. Im looking at Lawsey's replacement carriages and have those ready to be printed but for some reason ever since upgrading to the e3d my print quality has been down even though i have everything calibrated. thanks!
The E3D is much more sensitive to calibrations not being spot on. What might have been dialed in with the stock hotend is not going to work with the E3D. You basically need to completely recalibrate filament settings and re-adjust the vref trim for the extruder motor.
as for upgrades, definitely do the Lawsy carriages - night and day difference once everything is recalibrated.
Highly recommend you get new hardened smooth rods as well - the stock rods wont hold up for long with bearings on them.
yeah i already recalibrated all the settings in repetier and in the marlin h.config so its completely calibrated to the directions given. for some reason i get an occasional layer thicker than the others spitting out more plastic causing it to ripple off the side then it goes back to normal.
Id check the Esteps again. are you printing with PLA?
yeah i already recalibrated all the settings in repetier and in the marlin h.config so its completely calibrated to the directions given. for some reason i get an occasional layer thicker than the others spitting out more plastic causing it to ripple off the side then it goes back to normal.
That sounds like possible inconsistencies in the filament itself - thicker in some places than in others causing over-extrusion.
have you done a proper filament calibration? beginning with measuring the filament in multiple places over a couple of yards to get an average diameter to enter into the slicing software?
Every roll will be different and this should be done for every new roll of filament you get.
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