x axis homing to left? (Page 5 of 6)

if I use a grounding strap on my wrist will that help ensure no static discharge?

gotcha, ill work on this later tonight maybe if I have time.
another dumb one, should I start off clockwise or counterclockwise?

so I got that figured out.
but this line code is pulling the nozel to far away from the bed:
G1 Z[first_layer_height] F200 ;move platform close to nozzle

and the layer height for the first layer on my test box is .300mm so its going up exactly the layer height.

is there a way to keep this from pulling so far up.

I have the nozel close enough to the bed, any closer it will drag on the bed, which is glass

z lift on in slic3r?

I think your right.

all of this is with the nozzle input changed to .4 the filament measured and averaged to be 1.74 mm and a 1 for ratio.
so here is the first layer with the infill that is messing up


this is a shot of the side,
the white or light dots you see are little pops that are happening when the filament is being extruded, either in the air or making an object the filament does like a pop/ bulge for just a millisecond, and creates inconsistencies, in this case an area where light is coming through. these "pops" when they happen in extruding into just the air, they happen about every 30-40 mm of extruded filament.

or this happened: my filament absorbed humidity, water,
http://reprap.org/wiki/Print_Troublesho … oo_Cold_01
toward the top of the link, but mine isn't doing exactly this as you can see.

cleaned the drive pully,
turned the z switch screw to be a hair further away from the bed.
that didn't help it actually got to far from the bed.

there is the alignment of the E3D to the drive gear.

there is no way that alignment is causing all this right?

Up your temp to 245

printing now, looks better but still not as good as it should.
the the spacing I gave the nozzle to the bed is a thickness of a business card.(it has a hair of resistance when I slid it under the nozzle, definitely  not too much)
im at the end of my roll of filament maybe that's why its so crap.

I think we have done everything we can here. lol
unless you have a few more tricks

do you think its the powersupply not keeping up?
im letting everything heat for 15 mins, and I prime 20mm a filament before I start the job.

im stumped. lol




and don't take any of my frustration as a sign that I don't want help.
I have learned so much already and plan on learning more.

threw a roll of green on and what do you know substantially better result still no dice, but better ill throw pics up before I go to bed.

When that first layer is going down are you still hearing that popping sound?  That is the filament stripping.  If so you might want to tighten the tension arm.  Make sure that bearing is square and centered with the drive gear.  You may need to move a washer to the other side to get it centered.

Good, That other sound more of a snap is moisture in the filament.  I think you may be under extruding at least on the first layer.  So you need to find that sweat spot of z-height and first layer extrusion width.  From the pictures it looks as though you still have your fair share of moire.  You could also retract either more or faster on layer change.  That is what is causing that one corner to have blobs all the way up.  You can verify this by having it generate random start points in your profile.