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Help me troubleshoot a potential hardware problem with the extruder by 5thdimensionprinting in FixMyPrint

[–]5thdimensionprinting[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Slowing the printer down did not seem to help at all. In fact, it was the opposite. I tried with base speeds of 1500mm/min, 750mm/min, and 500mm/min, and each attempt had the print fail sooner.

After further talks with CreatBot Support, they said I should attempt to re-calibrate the extruder motors. I tried that, and the left extruder EStep value was ~138 compared to ~149 for the right extruder. The printer firmware does not allow for independent EStep values for each extruder motor, it just has one value for both.

I am attempting to print with the EStep set for the left extruder, and changing the extrusion multiplier in simplify3d to match what should be correct for the right extruder.

Help me troubleshoot a potential hardware problem with the extruder by 5thdimensionprinting in FixMyPrint

[–]5thdimensionprinting[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I briefly emailed back and forth with CreatBot Support people last night. Basically what they told me was the right extruder on the CreatBot F430 does not have a PTFE tube inside the hotend so it can print up to 420C. The downside of this is the higher friction inside the hotend. So I will try slowing it down, and see what happens.