Extrusion calibration

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Re: Extrusion calibration

Post by jimc » Sun Mar 01, 2015 12:21 am

if its only printing one wall then the other 3 walls are thinner than your extrusion width settings. the box may not have perfect thickness walls. if you want to see if your actual extrusion matches your extrusion width setting then check the box "merge all outlines into a solid model. set the perimeters to 1, top and bottom to 0.

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Re: Extrusion calibration

Post by geddski » Sun Mar 01, 2015 12:59 am

I found the merge all outlines setting, where is the perimeter settings? I'm pretty new to this.

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Re: Extrusion calibration

Post by jimc » Sun Mar 01, 2015 1:40 am

In the layer tab

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Re: Extrusion calibration

Post by jsc » Sun Mar 01, 2015 4:29 am

The easiest way is to use a solid cube model and just print without top or bottom layers and one perimeter.

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Re: Extrusion calibration

Post by SouthSideofdaSky » Tue Mar 03, 2015 7:53 pm

Thank you, this was very helpful and easy to follow!

Cheers.

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Re: Extrusion calibration

Post by nokianich » Fri Mar 06, 2015 8:05 pm

how to calibrate z-height?

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Re: Extrusion calibration

Post by sthone » Fri Mar 06, 2015 8:10 pm

nokianich wrote:how to calibrate z-height?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0Cz6jPPECM

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Re: Extrusion calibration

Post by nokianich » Fri Mar 06, 2015 8:12 pm

sthone wrote:
nokianich wrote:how to calibrate z-height?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0Cz6jPPECM

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Re: Extrusion calibration

Post by sthone » Fri Mar 06, 2015 8:13 pm

Your better off using a feeler gauge though over a piece of paper though. (I think a .005 gauge is about right)

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Re: Extrusion calibration

Post by Toyotany » Sat Mar 07, 2015 4:58 pm

Is the feeler gauge inches or mm?

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