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The most important aspect of setting up your printer for the first time is calibrating the mechanisms to produce the correct movement in all three axes and the accurate extrusion of filament. Failing to do this or rushing through this process can result in a number of issues with your printer. Some of these may not be obvious until you print a very large object or even an object with sufficient detail, such as overhang or gap coverage.
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As well as any loud music, neighbors, cats playing the trombone, and so forth, so you can hear the “click.”
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Can you guess how I know this? Yep, the stepper driver in the photo is a dead stepper driver module.
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A bent smooth rod can cause inaccurate movement across the “bend.”
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You must resist, Grasshopper!
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If the tests are not consistent, you may have problems with your axis drive mechanism, or you are using a non-mathematically predictive mechanism.
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Did I mention the type-A element?
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Bell, C. (2014). Calibrating the Printer. In: Maintaining and Troubleshooting Your 3D Printer. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-6808-6_5
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