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Topic: How do I know when I need to recalibrate an XYZ DaVinci 1?

Do I look at that first "trace" of plastic done before the start of every print?

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Re: How do I know when I need to recalibrate an XYZ DaVinci 1?

There's a way to do a fast check. Do home and jog the z down until you can move the head. Then move the head manually and check if the distance it's the same at 3-4 corners. I use to do a fast calibration this way if I know that the previous print was fine and I didnt had to move too much the bed to remove the previous print.

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Re: How do I know when I need to recalibrate an XYZ DaVinci 1?

owenransen wrote:

Do I look at that first "trace" of plastic done before the start of every print?

That's what I do.
If the 1st layer doesn't look "squished" or hasn't stuck properly, I adjust the bed.

Davinci 1.0 with repetier firmware & E3D V6 Lite
Anycubic Photon DLP printer, Einscan-S 3D scanner
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Re: How do I know when I need to recalibrate an XYZ DaVinci 1?

I have always wondered why the bed calibration is so much different
between a cold bed and a hot bed and every temperature in-between.

Does the Di Vinci bed just warp that much?

Is that typical of most 3D printers or does bed material fix this.

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Re: How do I know when I need to recalibrate an XYZ DaVinci 1?

Neotko wrote:

There's a way to do a fast check...

Thanks for the tip!

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lithophanes from your photos and images
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Re: How do I know when I need to recalibrate an XYZ DaVinci 1?

scobo wrote:
owenransen wrote:

Do I look at that first "trace" of plastic done before the start of every print?

That's what I do.
If the 1st layer doesn't look "squished" or hasn't stuck properly, I adjust the bed.

Thanks! I hope I don't have to do it soon, since I only got the machine last Friday...

Author of  PhotoToMesh, for making bas-reliefs and
lithophanes from your photos and images
http://www.ransen.com/PhotoToMesh