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Solved issue with z offset

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  1. felipe fomez

    felipe fomez Member

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    issue with z offset, its been running great till now. i have it at 1 but keeps dragging on the glass. any solution or idea? using matter control. also leveled it.
     
    #1 felipe fomez, May 27, 2016
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    Check your microswitches on the x axis. Id bet one of them is out of whack. I like to do a paper leveling to get them as close to even as possible. Both switches should engage and disengage at the same time.
     
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  3. felipe fomez

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    somethng odd is happening. for some reason this specific file the z axis doesnt go high enough, i tried another file and it prints fine and doesnt have the z offset problem. i cleaned the rods, cleaned nozzle, pretty much every thing but it seems the file might have somethng to do with it. never encountered this problem before
     
    #3 felipe fomez, May 27, 2016
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    Check the generated (sliced) Gcode and make sure all of the autoleveling/Z offset commands are at the start of it like they should be.
     
    #4 mark tomlinson, May 27, 2016
  5. felipe fomez

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    could there be something wrong with the file that is causing this issue? because i printed another thing and i have no issue with the z offset
     
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    Perhaps, or the slicer.
    Just a guess anyway until you check the file and see if the correct GCode is present.
     
    #6 mark tomlinson, May 27, 2016
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    sorry, im not very knowledge with the gcode stuff, where would I see if its at the start? gcode terminal or in the advanced setting in custom gcode?
     
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    When you slice the STL it gets turned into GCode.
    Savethat to disk and open it in your favorite text editor.
    Look at the start and see if your Z offset is correctly specified (M565 command).

    M565 Z-1.0

    (or whatever your offset is)
     
    #8 mark tomlinson, May 27, 2016
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