So after saying that, I decided to go down and do some more playing around with BLtouch. Figure I have it I should probably use it. Started by doing another manual level, then ran an auto level mesh from the printer. Also played around with the Bed Visualizer plugin on Octoprint. Eventually got it to where I liked it.
Added the M420 S1 code to the Gcode start scripts in Octoprint and did some test prints. I could confirm the auto leveling was working by holding on to the the z axes screw while it was printing. Definitely was making micro adjustments as the layer was printing. Pretty cool stuff. I will still plan on doing a manual level once in while to account for changes.
Last edited by TylerR; 07-22-2021 at 07:23 PM.
I am horrible at manually leveling a bed. Creality had a sale last week for 50% off an a Ender 5 got a plane ride to my house. Ordered a BLTouch but thats comeing from China. In the mean time the struggle is real. Use a post it note. Tram it all out to a hard scratch and first layer does not adhear... cuss and adjust bed on the fly. Need to check my z off set. Did not put on in but never know.
You can save filament profiles and slicer settings.
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I would have never achieved what I have without babystepping Z offset most prints. Critical when you change filaments. That's the reason I have a skirt around the model. With Tyler's recommended pre-sanded polypropylene bed I never have to use anything else. I babystep the z offset while it prints the skirt. Two buts......1. small round parts where there's not much of a skirt (no time to adjust) and you can't see the skirt anyway with the nozzle apparatus always over it.) and 2. what I'm dealing with this week.....clogged up tube and nozzle, maybe from moisture, too much retraction, or who knows....worn out nozzle?
A lot I still don't know or comprehend.
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I had clogging issues printing PTEG. The extra heat would degrade my cheap Creality PTFE tube. I went with all metal hotends. I have the Bigtreetech and Gulf Coast Robotics ones. Works great. They just run a little when heating up. The beginning gcode wipes the nozzle before printing so it isnt an issue just an annoyance.
If your haveing clogging problems check your PTFE tube inside the hotend. Even if you have the Creality hot end fix.
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I’m having a little difficulty with overhang in the bullet drop die where the ball bearings go. Any suggestions on improving the accuracy in the print?
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That’s what I’m using per the pdf from the configurator, 2 walls 20% fill. PLA+ @ 200C the rest of it is beautiful, no interference between the two parts. Bottoms of the holes look fine. I’m wondering if I should reduce the bridge flow rate and or add support to the holes. Ignore the flash from the brim, they just came off the printer.
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Part cooling?
Or use tree supports.
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I dont have experience with Prusa Slicer. I have tried Slic3r and didn't like it. It probably just needed to he calibrated and tuned. I use Cura and it just plane works from the get go.
Slic3r is nice because it can explode multipart stls. So there is that benefit.
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PrusaSlicer is just a version of Slic3r. As for Cura, I have to use an old version as for some reason later versions result in poor print quality with my f/w. I’ve wasted countless hours with Cura chasing print quality issues. I’ve sliced the part with both and looked layer by layer and the tool path appears the same around the ball area in both Cura and P/S. I may just create a ball bearing test model to print so I can try different settings without printing the die over & over. It’s printing on an Ender 5 FWIW. I’m thinking it’s a matter of tuning the bridging settings.
It also appears in the bullet slides.
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BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |