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vivid tapir Feb 23, 2024, 6:48 AM

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Will be posting photos of test prints

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Cant quite get my Z offset dialed in, photos to follow

vivid tapir Feb 23, 2024, 7:04 AM

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The file, the results

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Z offset is -.91

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215 initial layer temp on a 60c bed

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Any suggestions?

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Both sides

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Same file, -.76 offset

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Trying -.96

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Any suggestions?

rare cypress Feb 23, 2024, 7:53 AM

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What printer do you have?

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Fill out the form in #knowledge-base📌

hexed prairie Feb 23, 2024, 7:55 AM

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Use the standard monotonic surface pattern while setting up your printer

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It's less prone to coming loose due to bad adhesion

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Pretty sure you just need to go lower on your z offset

vivid tapir Feb 23, 2024, 7:57 AM

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let me post a recent photo

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ive come a bit since the last

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Anycubic cobra2 neo

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Thats -1.60

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Up/down?

hexed prairie Feb 23, 2024, 7:58 AM

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seems fine to be honest

vivid tapir Feb 23, 2024, 7:59 AM

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yeah?

hexed prairie Feb 23, 2024, 7:59 AM

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take a picture of the underside of the print to be sure

vivid tapir Feb 23, 2024, 7:59 AM

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maybe it was defaulting to a weird infill

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obviously im breaking that outer layer

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I'm not sure why i couldnt get a print to save my life an hour ago, with the same setting

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i switched to anycubics slicer vs prusa

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and that seems to have been just a smarter idea

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I found out i had a loose Y axis yesterday

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that seems to have fixed a lot of crap

hexed prairie Feb 23, 2024, 8:02 AM

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Slicer shouldn't cause that, but the profile you were using on the slicer does

vivid tapir Feb 23, 2024, 8:02 AM

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yeah

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i slowed my extrusion to .9

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that seems to have solved a ton of issues as well

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I think I'm feeling brave enough to try another calicat

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I'm slowly figuring the settings in the slicer out as well

rare cypress Feb 23, 2024, 8:05 AM

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Stop

vivid tapir Feb 23, 2024, 8:05 AM

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?

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huh

rare cypress Feb 23, 2024, 8:05 AM

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Your extrusion?

vivid tapir Feb 23, 2024, 8:05 AM

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yeah?

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I was told to slow it down

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to .9

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no?

rare cypress Feb 23, 2024, 8:06 AM

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Your flow rate?

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Your extrusion rate should have had nothing to do with it, your nozzle just wasn't close enough to the bed.

vivid tapir Feb 23, 2024, 8:07 AM

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huh

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lets try at 1.0 then

rare cypress Feb 23, 2024, 8:07 AM

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Show me this extrusion value.

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Also, would be nice to know what printer you have.

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I see, was mixed in with the pictures.

vivid tapir Feb 23, 2024, 8:07 AM

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anycubic kobra 2 neo

rare cypress Feb 23, 2024, 8:08 AM

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Don't mess with your extrusion rate(flow rate)

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There is no reason to at this moment.

vivid tapir Feb 23, 2024, 8:10 AM

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Ok, reverted and I'll try the same print

rare cypress Feb 23, 2024, 8:10 AM

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You should calibrate your esteps first. Your steps are how many steps does the stepper motor need to take before getting to 1mm

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vivid tapir Feb 23, 2024, 8:14 AM

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Thats the same settings but extrusion brought back to default

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ok you right

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its fine at 1.0

rare cypress Feb 23, 2024, 1:32 PM

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Yeah, bed leveling was the issue

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