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Topic: Any printers in Hawaii?

My friend gave me her Solidoodle 2 that had been sitting gathering dust.  2 weeks in, and still calibrating. Does it get better?

2 Reply by elmoret

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Re: Any printers in Hawaii?

Calibration should not take 2 weeks. It took me less than an hour. Extruder e-steps, free air extrusion, bed level, job done.

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Re: Any printers in Hawaii?

elmoret wrote:

Calibration should not take 2 weeks. It took me less than an hour. Extruder e-steps, free air extrusion, bed level, job done.

+1 Take the time to read the WIKI and don't skip steps.  It may seem daunting at first but really it shouldn't take very long.
Tell us what kind of problems your encountering and maybe we can help.

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Re: Any printers in Hawaii?

+1 on the WIKI.