Print Quality Help.

Discussion in 'Calibration, Help, and Troubleshooting' started by Syko_Symatic, Mar 14, 2016.

  1. Syko_Symatic

    Syko_Symatic Well-Known Member

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    Morning all,

    I am struggling with getting the quality dialled in. I am currently getting what you see in the picture. I have adjusted for the over extrusion as I was getting about 0.4mm over size (20mm cube). I just can't seem to get rid of that wobbly edge and the almost ringing effect?! I have checked all things are tight and taught. Does anyone have any input? Also it's not a repeating effect as it happens in different positions each print.
     

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    Syko_Symatic Well-Known Member

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    Update: So I have cured the issues above with a bit of bed leveling and flow adjustment. I am using some nGen (which is amazing stuff) and an just trying to get rid of the "elephant foot" effect. I there a way of fine tuning the Z level?
     
  3. Mike Kelly

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    You need to increase the first layer height a smidge.

    On a pro this involves increasing the Z offset.

    On a dual this involves increasing the nozzle gap during bed leveling
     
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    You can also increase the first layer height in your slicer. If you're using one of the original profiles, you probably have first layer height at 75% and layer width at 125 or maybe 100. Up the layer height a bit. It's something to tune as it could result in the base layer not sticking enough.
     
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    Excellent, good suggestions I will give them all a try. Currently I am having a battle with thermal runaway. I have the fan almost as low as possible (height wise) but no matter what the gradual increase in fan speed I am seeing the hot end struggling to keep up. I am thinking it might be a PID tuning issue but that seems a mission to tune.
     
  6. PsyVision

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    PID autotune is easy, enter M303 E0 S230 C10 at the terminal (I think at a guess) and sit back and chill until it tells you what PID settings are, you can then use (M301 - I think!!) to tell Marlin to use them.

    I can get my fan up to 60% at a temp of 190 but im struggling going higher so will PID autotune with a higher temp to see if it works better, say M303 E0 S250 C10
     
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    Syko_Symatic Well-Known Member

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    There is an auto tune! o_O Why have I not seen this!?

    Do you have to input the PID settings every time the machine is cycled? Looks like a trip home is needed at lunch time. I just watched the printer fail again from work (thermal runaway).
     
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    Excellent! I will have a read!
     
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    After a reboot from work (via OctoPrint) I have just tuned the PID remotely! So home at lunch to clear the bed and start again!
     
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    @PsyVision I have just tried auto tune at 250 but could not get the hot end there? Odd considering I had it at 285 last night!
     
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    I've not tried it myself so don't know if you can PID tune at that temperature, even if the hotend can reach it :)
     
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    Syko_Symatic Well-Known Member

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    I can't even get to 230 now!?!
     
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    When just setting the temperature? I am not sure about the PID settings I get out, the default has a much higher I and about half the D that I get as a result of tuning. I can get to 230 but no higher.
     
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    Getting a MINTEMP error now. I have reset the PID settings to factory and tried again but no luck. I am hoping that if I power down the machine at the mains that it will solve the issue but I am currently worried the PT100 may be damaged?!
     
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    What are the PID values that it gave you out of interest? I don't think it would have damaged the PT100.
     
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    P72.56 I12.10 D108.77
     
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    Hmmm, see @Alex9779 got the following:
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    Recv: #define DEFAULT_Kp 22.52
    Recv: #define DEFAULT_Ki 1.66
    Recv: #define DEFAULT_Kd 76.37
    
    And mine were about P 27, I 2, D 80 (i.e. similar) and both different to yours. The default is:

    Code:
    #define DEFAULT_Kp 29.20
    #define DEFAULT_Ki 04.73
    #define DEFAULT_Kd 45.33
    
     
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    @PsyVision Entered those numbers just for giggles and same issue. Definitely in need of a power down and hopefully that will fix it.
     
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    Update: A complete power cycle seemed to fix the issue. Got numbers that looked very similar to @PsyVision after another PID auto tune. Does seem to be oscillating quite a bit so may have to tune that a bit manually through the LCD (if that works). Then back to tuning the fan speeds as that is currently killing my prints every time!
     
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