Hair balls aren't good

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scottfinchum
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Re: Hair balls aren't good

Post by scottfinchum » Sun May 22, 2016 9:36 pm

This is supposed to be a circle.

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Matt_Sharkey
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Re: Hair balls aren't good

Post by Matt_Sharkey » Sun May 22, 2016 9:39 pm

I would look to the z height. set your z offset to -0.10 for starters and see what you get.

your hot end seems very high up in the extruder clamp. could someone else comment on if that is a good choice or not?
maybe the clamp screw is loose and the hot end got knocked?

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Re: Hair balls aren't good

Post by scottfinchum » Sun May 22, 2016 9:42 pm

Is this what/where you mean to change Z?

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Re: Hair balls aren't good

Post by Matt_Sharkey » Sun May 22, 2016 9:53 pm

well I don't use that software so I know it by a different name. (Z Offset) you could always try it out and see what happens! (I'm not liable for anything broken while taking this piece of advice)

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Re: Hair balls aren't good

Post by Jules » Sun May 22, 2016 10:09 pm

Scott, you can't change the Z-Stop that way....you have the Rev. E version of the machine.

The only thing you can do is reset the Starting Height through the Getting Started App. or the Z-Adjust App. (Matt's right though - you do need to re-set it. That nozzle is air-printing.)
Use the little blue feeler gauge that came with your machine.

When you removed the nozzle because you thought you had a clog, you changed the gap between the tip of the nozzle and the bed. It needs to be re-set now. (Lower the hot end in the clamp a little bit and make sure the clamp is snug first.)
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Re: Hair balls aren't good

Post by scottfinchum » Sun May 22, 2016 10:14 pm

MUCH BETTER!!! Thanks guys for all your help.

Scott
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Re: Hair balls aren't good

Post by tks546 » Mon May 23, 2016 2:37 am

scottfinchum wrote:MUCH BETTER!!! Thanks guys for all your help.

Scott
:D
Awesome, glad you got it going again! :D

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Re: Hair balls aren't good

Post by jimc » Mon May 23, 2016 12:14 pm

The z height needs to be recalibrated. The gap is way too large

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