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!
Some mechanical issues
Re: Some mechanical issues
If that's a RevE machine, the heated bed plate under the glass is supposed to rest on four very small black screws that sit very tight against the rubber brackets, and it's possible if you are not careful to evenly space the heated bed plate when you put it into the brackets, to miss one of those screws and have it resting on only 3 instead of 4. It's impossible to level when that happens.
Remove the glass before lifting the heated bed plate off, so that you don't accidentally crack it. Get a flashlight and find those screws.
Then you will need to run through the QuickStart Application again from the beginning. Read the Beginner's Guide below and if you didn't follow the instructions the first time, follow them now.
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=3542
If you have an earlier version of the machine, the procedures are different and you need to read a different Beginner's Guide - all of the guides are located here:
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=4711
If you really have a frame problem, and not just a mis-leveled plate you will really need to start a support ticket with MakerGear.
https://www.makergear.com/pages/support
The plate normally does drop back down to the bottom after you turn off the machine. Sometimes they are a little sticky and stop about halfway. It's not going to hurt anything. The guidelines for lubricating the Z-rod are different for the newer machines, it's not necessary to grease them up.
Remove the glass before lifting the heated bed plate off, so that you don't accidentally crack it. Get a flashlight and find those screws.
Then you will need to run through the QuickStart Application again from the beginning. Read the Beginner's Guide below and if you didn't follow the instructions the first time, follow them now.
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=3542
If you have an earlier version of the machine, the procedures are different and you need to read a different Beginner's Guide - all of the guides are located here:
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=4711
If you really have a frame problem, and not just a mis-leveled plate you will really need to start a support ticket with MakerGear.
https://www.makergear.com/pages/support
The plate normally does drop back down to the bottom after you turn off the machine. Sometimes they are a little sticky and stop about halfway. It's not going to hurt anything. The guidelines for lubricating the Z-rod are different for the newer machines, it's not necessary to grease them up.
Re: Some mechanical issues
Jules wrote:If that's a RevE machine, the heated bed plate under the glass is supposed to rest on four very small black screws that sit very tight against the rubber brackets, and it's possible if you are not careful to evenly space the heated bed plate when you put it into the brackets, to miss one of those screws and have it resting on only 3 instead of 4. It's impossible to level when that happens.
Remove the glass before lifting the heated bed plate off, so that you don't accidentally crack it. Get a flashlight and find those screws.
Then you will need to run through the QuickStart Application again from the beginning. Read the Beginner's Guide below and if you didn't follow the instructions the first time, follow them now.
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=3542
If you have an earlier version of the machine, the procedures are different and you need to read a different Beginner's Guide - all of the guides are located here:
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=4711
If you really have a frame problem, and not just a mis-leveled plate you will really need to start a support ticket with MakerGear.
https://www.makergear.com/pages/support
The plate normally does drop back down to the bottom after you turn off the machine. Sometimes they are a little sticky and stop about halfway. It's not going to hurt anything. The guidelines for lubricating the Z-rod are different for the newer machines, it's not necessary to grease them up.
Looks like the wobble is probably the carriage. Going to try to replace that to fix the wobble. Thanks!