#bed leveling

Introduction: If you’re facing challenges with your Creality Ender 3 S1 Pro 3D printer, particularly issues with the nozzle scratching on the 4th layer and knocking the print off, you’re not alone. In this article, we’ll delve into potential solutions to address these problems and get your 3D printer back on track.  Understanding the Issue The first step is to comprehend the problem. If your…

Leveling for the Absolute Beginner

Overview

By now if you’re a beginner, you’ve had prints lift up or warp on the build surface.  Filament may stick to one corner of the surface and not to the other or your head may be grinding into your build surface.  So what is wrong?  Most poor prints can be diagnosed as an unleveled build surface.  For those of us without an auto leveling machine this can be a true pain.  I consider the…

Lulzbot Taz 5 Bed Leveling Upgrade:

Five 3D Printing Must Know Tips

I’ve been 3D printing for three years now and in that time I have had my share of failed prints as well as wins. With each failure I learn something new that in the end allows me to prosper in this unique and challenging hobby.  In this article I will share five tips that I have learned make the process of 3D printing a little less challenging and enhances the fun factor.  The feeling of…

Leveling the bed was not so much of a problem for the first print, because it was a very tiny one in the middle of the bed and it seemed to me that the mistakes I made during the leveling were even out in the middle.

So for the first bigger print I got horrible warping of the filament base on one side of the bed but not on the other.

I was confused, I red so much on the internet what could be the reason for that and for most I red that it probably was that the bed was not even or the z axis was not set correctly. So the x axis where the extruder is mounted on is uneven mounted on the lead screws on the left and right (z axis)

Step 1:

Check that the x axis is pretty much even. I used a vernier caliper to do that.

Step 2:

Auto Home the nozzle and disable the steppers, so you can move the bed and the extruder by your self. Take a normal white paper the thinner the better. And hold it between the nozzle and the print bed. You should now turn the screws to level the bed in a manner that the paper really drags between the bed and the nozzle, the thicker the paper the harder the drag if you got a heat paper then you should just feel a little drag if you got a normal weight letter paper you should really feel the drag …

Step 3:

Settings Settings Settings (Pro Tip: unlock all of them in the preferences! by default only the basic parameters are unlocked)

Go to preferences

and unlock the hole power 🙂

You can set so much stuff in Cura or any other Slicer software to improve the adhesion of  the first print layer. Like make the first layer hight and width a little thicker, turn up the heat change the adhesion type.

  I think room temperature is a big for the settings, I think if the room is hotter like >=24 C you also need higher temperatures if the room is colder <= 20 C but thats just a feeling.

Here are some of my settings in a room of around 20C and printing with PLA:

Initial layer height from 0.1 to like 0.3 / 0.4

Initial layer width to 120%

Initial bed temperature to 80 degrees celsius after that back to 60 C

I experimented with higher hot end temperatures but I only got different results in hotter rooms so for me 190 C is perfect but in a hotter room I recommend something around 200C-210C

adhesion brim with 4-10 brim lines depending on the size of the ground layer of the printed object

I found these settings by trail and error and reading about my problem on different forums … I think the ting you need to know is that the printed PLA either is printed to loose or too tight (bed leveling) it will result in warping or if the printed PLA is cooling down way to fast it will warp (play around with temperature)

I hope these insights help you to get your prints just right !

A Step By Step Guide – Your First 3D Printer

So you are now the proud owner of your first 3D Printer and you have questions?  In this article I will explain the first use of your new printer.  No matter what model your first 3D printer is, the steps I provide here will be useful to you. Note:  If your first 3D printer is a DIY (Do It Yourself) kit, this information will be most useful to you after the assembly of your new printer. Step One:…