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Topic: Drifting towards the end (Pics attached)

What's up with this?  It was going beautifully until almost the end, then this happened.  Any ideas??

Thanks.

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2 Reply by Dominick

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Re: Drifting towards the end (Pics attached)

Seems like the x-axis lost some steps, mess around with the wires on the Y carriage connected to the x-axis stepper while a print is running and see if anything shows up.  What I did was just slap some electrical tape to keep the movement from disturbing the wires.

And the holes on the top of the print is just not enough infill, and also because the print shifted so it lost its infill spacing.
Lastly, the tippy-top of the print that looks all smooshed and uneven is from insufficient cooling, try printing a cylinder next to the print to give the plastic some time to cool down.

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Re: Drifting towards the end (Pics attached)

Thanks. The fact that it did it so late in the print makes me wonder if the wires or filament got snagged for a brief moment.