1 Topic by MrTofu

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Topic: Printer starts at a far end doing an awful sound

Hi! I'm a day one newbie here, just got my SD 2 (Greetings from Santiago, Chile), and after a while i got it to work. My main issue remaining is that at the beginning of every print, the extruder moves +x until it reaches the end of the axis, and it feels like it keeps trying to move +x, which makes an awful sound. After a few seconds of this, it aligns and the printing starts with no problem.

Is this some problem with the g code or is it something else?

Thank you!

2 Reply by ronsii

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Re: Printer starts at a far end doing an awful sound

Sounds like it is not hitting the limit switch before reaching it's limit, just put a layer or two of tape on the printhead where it comes into contact with the little metal tab of the limit switch... that way it will trip the switch before running out of travel. There have been a few occurrences like this I think the switch gets shifted or something like that.