Some mechanical issues
Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2017 2:32 am
1. My entire X frame that holds my bed is getting really wobbly. The the rail and everything else appears sturdy, it's somewhere between the rail connection and the X frame itself. It is NOT the print bed or heat plate. Can you point me to the right place to tighten this up (picture would be immensely helpful)?
2. When my printer is OFF, my z axis will go down partly on its own. It's gotten so bad that it won't hold itself at a specific Z height when off. Is there a way to tighten up the Z tension so this slippage doesn't happen?
3. This is be related to 1. above.
Not looking for a refund here- I didn't think much of it until later, but my printer was dinged up pretty bad during shipping. Small hole punctured in the box, very crunched up corners/bad scuffing and one of my plates was broken from mishandling. I assumed only the glass had a bad time in the mail and the metal frame would hold up. It managed to do okay... but consistently good prints are very rare for my M2. I was too excited to try to mess with shipping it back yadayada, so I figured I'd fix whatever MIGHT be wrong if anything as I went. Recently after getting some help from a FlashForge owner, I realized my print bed is level only when it is SUPER wacky on the X frame. I just figured it was normal until he said something. The top left corner of the glass tucks far down into the X frame corner L bracket and the bottom right is ABOVE the L bracket. Is there anyway to fix the entire X frame level (and tighten it down- see 1 above)
Thanks in advance!
2. When my printer is OFF, my z axis will go down partly on its own. It's gotten so bad that it won't hold itself at a specific Z height when off. Is there a way to tighten up the Z tension so this slippage doesn't happen?
3. This is be related to 1. above.
Not looking for a refund here- I didn't think much of it until later, but my printer was dinged up pretty bad during shipping. Small hole punctured in the box, very crunched up corners/bad scuffing and one of my plates was broken from mishandling. I assumed only the glass had a bad time in the mail and the metal frame would hold up. It managed to do okay... but consistently good prints are very rare for my M2. I was too excited to try to mess with shipping it back yadayada, so I figured I'd fix whatever MIGHT be wrong if anything as I went. Recently after getting some help from a FlashForge owner, I realized my print bed is level only when it is SUPER wacky on the X frame. I just figured it was normal until he said something. The top left corner of the glass tucks far down into the X frame corner L bracket and the bottom right is ABOVE the L bracket. Is there anyway to fix the entire X frame level (and tighten it down- see 1 above)
Thanks in advance!