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Hey all,
Figured everyone would like this but I took 30 some pictures along the way of my duet conversion. Tried to add comments to most of the pictures but let me know if anyone has any questions or comments. I'm sure there are things I likely didn't do 100% correct along the way but can't change that now

https://imgur.com/a/b8yD1nq

Hey all, I'm hoping someone here might have some ideas on what I've possibly done wrong.

I have a PowerSpec 3D Pro, which is basically a rebranded clone of the Flashforge Creator Pro from Microcenter. It has a hotend upgrade and I've been printing PETG very well for some time now with good looking prints.

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Over the last week, I switched it over to a Duet 2 Wifi board (with a new upgraded PSU and dedicated 5v PSU, aka the works) because the old board is severely lacking and frankly I hate X3G.

I'm running RepRap3 currently and spent the better part of 2 days working out the appropriate config for the printer, using whatever data I could find online (including other RepRap2 config files posted here).

Everything seems to be working as I'd expect except the print quality is not good. I use Simplify3D to slice and created a new printer profile to match the new board. From there I copied forward the rest of the extruder/layer/speed/etc settings from the PowerSpec profile to the new one I created (other than the scripts which obviously weren't compatible).

Dimensionally the parts I've tested are correct but the extrusion seems off. The first layer doesn't seem as thick as it was on the old board and thus far all my infill is awful. The infill seems like it's missing a bunch of filament, either being stringy or rough/blobby in other places. You can see places where infill walls simply do not exist, looking like a rat maze.

I know we're talking about completely different stepper drivers here but would that cause everything I had before to be thrown out the window? Or do I just have something grossly incorrect that is messing it up?

Here's a google drive link to my config and override files

Any help/opinions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Apologize for the necro... Missed the reply/questions here.

@garyd9 Yeah you posted the RR2 configs awhile back but I had to make RR3 configs from the ground up because they weren't compatible. I ended up not using yours for that. I agree with your points of reliability. With everything I did, this printer just works, 100% of the time without issues.

For the sock, I used this: Amazon Silicone Sock. I put a very thin piece of kapton (1/8") wrapped around the top so it can't slip off.

I originally made something to hang the bltouch off the side which worked but it couldn't cover the whole build plate for autoleveling, hence why I switched to the 2nd extruder slot. For those that don't want to get rid of the 2nd extruder, options are definitely limited.

I think I might have figured it out and I'm surprised I didn't notice it before. My cooling duct fan wasn't running at all and when I looked at how S3D was commanding it, it wasn't sending the fan index so it was defaulting to the extruder fan (based on the notes for M106). I fixed that to explicitly call P0 on the M106 command it the blower works now. Since then I haven't seen any imperfections.

I'm guessing between the extruder calibration and the fan that was probably my problems. Thank you @Phaedrux for the help.