Hey All,
New to this forum.
I recently finished my first build. I have a bunch of wire clean-up to do but it's just about there. I used Misumi 2020 extrusions and rods. Most of the bearings and pulleys are from AliExpress.
I've been having issues with belt tension, belts slipping off the flanged bearings, and some poor prints. Here's the build as it sits today.
When I first completed the build, I had no issues and could print some really nice prints. I printed a Marvin as a test that was very good, and even printed one at 1000% scale which came out great. This was with an e3d genuine hot end and 0.4mm nozzle.
A month later I swapped to a 0.6mm Volcano (genuine) and moved my printer to another room (carefully). I haven't been able to print a flawless print since. I've used known good slicing profiles from others with the same printer and same setup
I've calibrated the extruder steps, aligning belts with my calipers to make sure heights were even all the way across, remeasured my frame and tightened everything up, I've tried tightening belts (no scientific way to make sure I have even tension)
I guess I'm just asking for some general maintenance items or other things I can check to help bring this printer up to spec from some Core XY guys. How do you guys tension belts evenly? I've just been measuring the distance between the x-ends and idler blocks to make sure they were even.
New to this forum.
I recently finished my first build. I have a bunch of wire clean-up to do but it's just about there. I used Misumi 2020 extrusions and rods. Most of the bearings and pulleys are from AliExpress.
I've been having issues with belt tension, belts slipping off the flanged bearings, and some poor prints. Here's the build as it sits today.
When I first completed the build, I had no issues and could print some really nice prints. I printed a Marvin as a test that was very good, and even printed one at 1000% scale which came out great. This was with an e3d genuine hot end and 0.4mm nozzle.
A month later I swapped to a 0.6mm Volcano (genuine) and moved my printer to another room (carefully). I haven't been able to print a flawless print since. I've used known good slicing profiles from others with the same printer and same setup
I've calibrated the extruder steps, aligning belts with my calipers to make sure heights were even all the way across, remeasured my frame and tightened everything up, I've tried tightening belts (no scientific way to make sure I have even tension)
I guess I'm just asking for some general maintenance items or other things I can check to help bring this printer up to spec from some Core XY guys. How do you guys tension belts evenly? I've just been measuring the distance between the x-ends and idler blocks to make sure they were even.
