Z-height, slicer, any hardware modification, other mod-t groups? New member here
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r.d. terramir
Sep 28, 2018, 3:22:49 PM9/28/18
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Ok, I just got gifted this mod-t among other things from someone you guys know ajf :-). I own a prusav2 I built as well.
I spooled some old 1.75 pla I had laying around on a spool that fit the spool holder so I'm mostly good.
However, the hotend seems to be a tiny bit to far away from the build platform I used blue tape and I could get through the test print but then I was not capable of getting other prints to stick even on blue tape. I looked for the test print g-gode and opened it up in notepad. Turns out it used a .3 layer height so I changed the first layer in cura to .3 and now it's sticking and printing higher layer heights are usually more forgiving of a slightly higher distance in Z. Mind you this is with blue tape.
But it looks like it's actually hitting the bed gently during the calibration sequence. I dunno how to adjust the z-height not even sure the calibration won't mess with this. Does anybody have some insight about the calibration sequence???
Ajf added a cooling fan on the outside I dunno if this thing even has a cooling fan on the inside originally of if he just shifted it outside. Because of the limited software interface I don't even know how to send manual commands.
I spooled some old 1.75 pla I had laying around on a spool that fit the spool holder so I'm mostly good.
However, the hotend seems to be a tiny bit to far away from the build platform I used blue tape and I could get through the test print but then I was not capable of getting other prints to stick even on blue tape. I looked for the test print g-gode and opened it up in notepad. Turns out it used a .3 layer height so I changed the first layer in cura to .3 and now it's sticking and printing higher layer heights are usually more forgiving of a slightly higher distance in Z. Mind you this is with blue tape.
But it looks like it's actually hitting the bed gently during the calibration sequence. I dunno how to adjust the z-height not even sure the calibration won't mess with this. Does anybody have some insight about the calibration sequence???
Ajf added a cooling fan on the outside I dunno if this thing even has a cooling fan on the inside originally of if he just shifted it outside. Because of the limited software interface I don't even know how to send manual commands.
Does anyone know if any other groups that might be more active?
terramir
Dan Shoop
Sep 28, 2018, 5:11:09 PM9/28/18
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Sorry, don’t know “alf”, buy hopefully can offer some suggestions. You might want to have the slicer use an extrusion multiplier and/or 0.2 or greater first layer height. The blue tape shouldn’t be necessary if you have a build plate that’s in good condition. You do have the build plate and aren’t taping directly to the build carriage, right?
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David Jones
Oct 1, 2018, 11:35:17 AM10/1/18
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I don't know how active it is. But there was at least one Reddit Mod-T group.
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