Troubleshooting a fully custom build (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by franzfurdinand@lemmy.world to c/3dprinting@lemmy.world

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Hey y'all, I managed to hack together a printer from scratch and I'm struggling to get it to print well. It's a CoreXY system that's being controlled by a Octopus 1.1. Dual z screws, the works.

I have it moving under it's own power and all. It's able to actually print, but the results are atrocious.

I'm just trying to diagnose what's wrong here.

The bottom/first layer actually looks kinda good. It's just completely shredding subsequent layers.

Any advice would be appreciated!

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[-] franzfurdinand@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

I think you might be onto something but the other direction. I think it's not moving quite enough per layer.

[-] callcc@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

You could try moving Z to +100mm and just measure with a ruler to make sure it's at least in the correct range.

[-] franzfurdinand@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

I think I'll give that a swing. Thanks for your input!

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