Every time I print, I need to increase baby steps
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@phaedrux thanks. I've updated M558 to
M558 P5 C"!zprobe.in" H2 A10 S0.03 F650 T12000
and getting smaller changes when I run the commands in rapid succession, but still inconsistent. But when I wait 60 - 90 seconds, the trigger height has a large change...01/09/2021, 09:21:48 G30 S-1 Stopped at height 1.305 mm 01/09/2021, 09:19:58 G30 S-1 Stopped at height 1.344 mm 01/09/2021, 09:19:48 G30 S-1 Stopped at height 1.342 mm 01/09/2021, 09:19:41 G30 S-1 Stopped at height 1.351 mm 01/09/2021, 09:19:34 G30 S-1 Stopped at height 1.350 mm 01/09/2021, 09:19:25 G30 S-1 Stopped at height 1.349 mm 01/09/2021, 09:19:16 G30 S-1 Stopped at height 1.347 mm 01/09/2021, 09:19:09 G30 S-1 Stopped at height 1.336 mm 01/09/2021, 09:18:58 G30 S-1 Stopped at height 1.335 mm
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@infidelprops said in Every time I print, I need to increase baby steps:
F650
Try half that speed and see if it's better.
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@phaedrux yeah, I've been playing with that and have tried numbers between 325 and 585 and when done in rapid succession, it increments by 0.001 - when I wait 30+ seconds, it decreases by roughly 0.008
Just waited 7 minutes and it was a decrease of .03
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So been reading other threads and kind of sounds like people with sensors like the ABL have had problems with heat/magnetic beds throwing off the calibration and have said going back to a BLT solved their problems.
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@infidelprops said in Every time I print, I need to increase baby steps:
people with sensors like the ABL have had problems
@infidelprops, Voron uses the inductive probe for relative leveling between various bed points and and fixed switch for absolute Z homing of nozzle. It's not perfect (e.g. it ignores variations in the PEI thickness) but is overall stable despite the high chamber temperature.
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So I'm still at a loss here... After all this work and getting MBL and ABL working and nice even surface, the problem still exists.
Printing the same file, the same filament, the same printer, etc...
First print, adjusted baby steps by -0.015
Second print, had to adjust baby steps by -0.027
Third print, had to adjust baby steps by -0.02I've also noticed, that consistently, when facing the printer.. the right side of my pint seems flatter and adheres better where the left side appears a bit higher and adheres worse.
I've confirmed that the gcode is setting the mesh on line 18:
;FLAVOR:RepRap ;TIME:340 ;Filament used: 0.205003m ;Layer height: 0.2 ;MINX:59.1 ;MINY:65.7 ;MINZ:0.2 ;MAXX:280.9 ;MAXY:288.3 ;MAXZ:0.2 ;Generated with Cura_SteamEngine 4.10.0 T0 M190 S60 M104 S200 M109 S200 M82 ;absolute extrusion mode G28 ;Home G29 S1
And here's what I have in Cura for my start code:
G28 ;Home G29 S1; Load Mesh G92 E0 ;Reset Extruder G1 Z2.0 F3000 ;Move Z Axis up G1 X1.1 Y1 Z0.28 F5000.0 ;Move to start position G1 X1.1 Y200.0 Z0.28 F1500.0 E15 ;Draw the first line G1 X1.4 Y200.0 Z0.28 F5000.0 ;Move to side a little G1 X1.4 Y20 Z0.28 F1500.0 E30 ;Draw the second line G92 E0 ;Reset Extruder G1 Z2.0 F3000 ;Move Z Axis up
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@infidelprops
What is material is your bed made out of?
How thick?
How long do you heat it before trying to print?
Do you create your height map with the extruder and bed at temp?
Thanks.
Frederick
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It's a TH3D flex plate, magnetic - Not sure of how thick it is
I let it get up to temp and then the print starts shortly after
I created the height map with both bed/hotend at temp.Interesting enough.... I just did a 4th print and did not need to adjust the baby steps....
Going to wait 20 minutes and run another test print and see how it goes
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@infidelprops said in Every time I print, I need to increase baby steps:
It's a TH3D flex plate, magnetic - Not sure of how thick it is
I let it get up to temp and then the print starts shortly after
I created the height map with both bed/hotend at temp.Interesting enough.... I just did a 4th print and did not need to adjust the baby steps....
Going to wait 20 minutes and run another test print and see how it goes
Well you must have something supporting that plate.
For example I use 6mm thick cast aluminum tool plate.
Frederick
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@infidelprops said in Every time I print, I need to increase baby steps:
First print, adjusted baby steps by -0.015
Second print, had to adjust baby steps by -0.027
Third print, had to adjust baby steps by -0.02I wonder if
@infidelprops said in Every time I print, I need to increase baby steps:
First print, adjusted baby steps by -0.015
Second print, had to adjust baby steps by -0.027
Third print, had to adjust baby steps by -0.02I wonder if this widget, which can count Z stepper steps, would help diagnosing this problem. The expectation is that two consecutive prints should have the same step count at the same stage of the print.
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@infidelprops said in Every time I print, I need to increase baby steps:
First print, adjusted baby steps by -0.015
Second print, had to adjust baby steps by -0.027
Third print, had to adjust baby steps by -0.02Seems to match the variance of your probe results.
Do a couple point tests around the surface of your bed with the mesh enabled, and carefully move the nozzle to Z0 and see if it's accurate or not.
Just as a test to eliminate other factors, change to manual probing by using
M558 P0
This will pop up a jogging prompt whenever a G30 is done allowing you to manually move the nozzle to just touch the bed surface. You only really need to do it for setting Z0 before the print.This removes the probe from the equation. Though if the heightmap is inaccurate from the first test, then you might need to create a new heightmap with maybe only a 5x5 grid to keep the number of points to manually probe reasonable. But if it works and gives you a good first layer, then you know the probe is the problem.
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@infidelprops said in Every time I print, I need to increase baby steps:
I've also noticed, that consistently, when facing the printer.. the right side of my pint seems flatter and adheres better where the left side appears a bit higher and adheres worse.
That usually means that the probe trigger height relative to the nozzle tip is varying across the bed. You can check by using feeler gauges to measure the nozzle height when the probe triggers. The usual cause of that using an offset Z probe and the print head tilting, for example because the axis is sagging or the bed plate is bowed.
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So... I've ran multiple layer test over the last few hours and I haven't had to adjust the babysteps at all and all layers are sticking well... Not sure what changed as I've done so much.
I also just kicked off a new print for a prototype and it was LH 0.28, and here as well I did not need to change the babystep, first layer went down beautiful.
I'm going to keep an eye on it, but I'm bookmarking this thread as a lot of good troubleshooting steps in here for later.
@fcwilt & @Phaedrux - thank you both for all the help! If I can buy you a coffee/beer, just let me know where to donate to.
@jens55 & @zapta - also thank you for your input, very useful as well. -
@dc42 Yeah, that sounds like a probable cause indeed. Once this current print finishes, I'll take a look at that as well. Thanks!
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@infidelprops
Glad to hear things are looking good.
Frederick