is this too low to the plate?

[jolly wraith]

First layer clicking where it’s not being able to feed filament as well. I think maybe it’s too low?

[tulip glacier]

AI Help

It sounds like your nozzle might be too close to the print bed. Try adjusting the bed leveling and increasing the distance between the nozzle and the bed slightly. This should help with feeding filament properly during the first layer. Just make sure not to raise the nozzle too high, as that can also cause issues with adhesion and print quality. Good luck!

WARNING: This response is AI generated and may contain errors.

[jolly wraith]

Printer is the flsun q5

Tronxy petg

Superslicer standard settings

[prisma holly]

Yes

Clicking is a good sign that it's not extruding properly. That super thin layer means it's just barely extruding and smashing it into the bed. You want to raise the z-offset in the settings or move the z-endstop (not familiar with which your printer has)

[jolly wraith]

Thanks

[jolly wraith]

when z is at 0 i have very little friction on paper

[prisma holly]

The paper test is just to get close. I would suggest a bed level test and adjust the z-offset as it's printing. Something like this: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:580405

[jolly wraith]

The better areas are with .2 higher z offset

Which is really high

What’s mad is that the nozzle wipe section is the best bit

[prisma holly]

Do you have an extra nozzle?

[jolly wraith]

No I don’t

[prisma holly]

It's possible that the nozzle is partially clogged/damaged from grinding on the bed. Raise the nozzle and try extruding in mid air. The filament should come out easily, consistently and relatively straight. If it immediately curls up to one side, there's likely a partial clog in which case you can try a cold pull

[jolly wraith]

Ok I’ll try that

Really not better that height lol

[prisma holly]

That looks good so no clog

[jolly wraith]

I do have quite a long Bowden

But I don’t see how it could be that if it extrudes fine in air

[prisma holly]

So this is with the offset raised .2? try lowering by .01 and reprinting. just babystep it

that sure is a long bowden. It shouldn't be causing this issue though

[jolly wraith]

Okay I’ll print. Now .1 lower than the start

I feel moderate friction on paper with that

Could it be flow related?

[prisma holly]

I was just thinking that. is the bowden kinked right above the hotend?

[jolly wraith]

Only a little when it is homed

Quite a lot of clicking and under extrusion

I’ve set back to start value

[prisma holly]

What's that value?

[jolly wraith]

The z offset

[prisma holly]

yeah what's the number

[jolly wraith]

Last line

[prisma holly]

when you're raising/lowering the offset, are you going by 0.1 or 0.01 increments?

[jolly wraith]

0.1

Gonna try a flow test

[jolly wraith]

Ok flow test was interesting. Shit result all round but +10 is a lot over

Nicer

+10

+0

-20

[prisma holly]

Try the +10 flow with the bed level lines again

[jolly wraith]

Better photo

Sent it to print now

More even but blobs and clicks and missing a bit

[prisma holly]

still too low. raise offset

[jolly wraith]

Alright. Raised and sent to print

Little wisp and still hardly any filament on the right side

Seems slightly better

Came off in 1 piece

[prisma holly]

Nice. We're getting there. Try just a little higher

[jolly wraith]

Alright raised by 0.05 and sent to print. Thanks for this btw

Thoughts?

[prisma holly]

still need to raise it but that's looking much better.

[jolly wraith]

Came off in 1 piece but left side wasn’t adhered

[prisma holly]

is abl on?

[jolly wraith]

I think if I raise anymore it just won’t stick

I think so?

How do I check

[prisma holly]

your starting gcode in your slicer

[jolly wraith]

Should I add M420 S1

[prisma holly]

yeah. try adding M420 S1 after G28

[prisma holly]

Try G29 instead?

[jolly wraith]

G29 will make a new mesh

and it would need the bed leveller plugged in to do that

which is like a hot swappable part used for abl

[prisma holly]

Gotcha

are you able to adjust the bed level manually at all?

[jolly wraith]

no, just using the tool

to measure the bed

[prisma holly]

hmm okay. I've gotta do a little research on this printer. Not familiar with delta printers at all. It seems like either the mesh is slightly tilted for some reason or it's not using the mesh at all

[jolly wraith]

Maybe it needs another bed levelling

[prisma holly]

Couldn't hurt

[jolly wraith]

finally found the levelling module lol

definitely some variance

right yeah up to 1mm variance. It's made a mesh and stored it. Trying a new spiral now

[prisma holly]

🤞

[jolly wraith]

nozzle was too low that time, raised up a bit

[jolly wraith]

Tiny bit of clicking but don’t really want to raise it more

Pretty uniform all the way

[prisma holly]

That looks a lot better. a little high towards the outside but there's clear lines now. Do you know if the bed is heated when the bed leveler runs?

[jolly wraith]

it is heated yeah. Its the same thickness, i think the transparency of the petg makes it look a little different in this light

[prisma holly]

Gotcha. I say queue up a print and see how it runs

[jolly wraith]

gonna do a cali cube

[jolly wraith]

all good now bud, thanks 🙂

[prisma holly]

Awesome! Happy printing!