I had previously posted about some horizontal line issues I’ve been having, and I tried a lot of the suggestions I got; Unfortunately the issue persists.
I saw a video today, where someone mentioned that these connections that are basically responsible for raising and lowering the printer head should be somewhat loose, and not tight (as I had them).
Does anyone know if this is true? The video creator said that it is to allow for some ‘forgiveness’ between the two screws that drive the printer head up and down.
Maybe watch this video by MirageC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6JmCdovE0U I don’t think your issue is extruder gears specifically, but the video lists all the ways he eliminates other similar issues from an engineer’s perspective and your issue is likely in that mix.
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Maybe watch this video by MirageC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6JmCdovE0U I don’t think your issue is extruder gears specifically, but the video lists all the ways he eliminates other similar issues from an engineer’s perspective and your issue is likely in that mix.
Awesome, this will be my weekend project. Thanks so much!