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Solved Y Axis not set correctly

Discussion in 'Troubleshooting' started by Nickbrown17, Oct 6, 2015.

  1. Nickbrown17

    Nickbrown17 New Member

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    When my print starts the auto leveling is done too far back on the bed. On the front of the bed, the nozzle hits inside of the box, but close to the center of the print bed. When the auto leveling gets to spots 7, 8, and 9 at the back of the bed, the nozzle hits outside of the boxes on the back of the glass bed. All in all, the entire y axis seems to be shifted by about 1 inch, with the prints occurring too far back in the bed.

    It doesn't seem to be binding anywhere, and when I disable the motors the y axis slides smoothly. I'm using S3D, but have seen the same issue in MatterControl. I haven't given a Y axis offset in S3D yet, and I'm hoping to find the root cause rather than a bandaid.
     
  2. mark tomlinson

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    What 'box'?
    Do you mean the printing on the bed?
    That is meaningless. Ignore it.
     
  3. Nickbrown17

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    Yeah, the box I'm referring to is the printing on the glass. Doesn't this outline the intended print area?
     
  4. Mike Kelly

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    No it does not
     
  5. Nickbrown17

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    So if my actual print area is show in the image below that's normal? When I touch the back of where it's actually printing it's not heated, so larger ABS prints are curling up.


    upload_2015-10-6_12-8-1.png
     
  6. Mike Kelly

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    Yup that looks about correct. The icon means nothing.

    The heater pad is also only 8.2"x8.2" they don't spec that anymore for some reason....
     
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    Alright, thanks for the help. I'll look into other ways to get ABS to stick :)
     
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