Heaven help me - I've just bought a delta kit :-)

[curious aardvark]

lol I'll stick to the three point and screws until it stops working :-)

[mjf55]

lol I'll stick to the three point and screws until it stops working :-)

That how I start the calibration. 3 points and manually level using the bed screws. Then by using the endstop correction, which in Repetier is measures in steps, I can make fine tune changes of 0.0125 mm per step which is better than I can do with the screw.

[curious aardvark]

screw is infinitely adjustable.

I've got all three within 2 100ths. It's good enough.

Got some i3 parts to make for someone, interested to see if they come out okay.

[mjf55]

Post the pictures when you print them. Always interested in seeing results.

[curious aardvark]

I'm getting paranoid. Test part looks fine, but I keep trying to see the slant. lol

[mjf55]

Get a speed square to double check.

Remember, just because your paranoid, it doesn't mean they are not following you, or in your case, slanting when your not looking. ;-)

[curious aardvark]

I'm still not entirely sure. I used my angle ruler thingy (it's a weird looking bit of kit) and I still can't say for certain if it's actually slanted.
Oh yeah and the flashforge decided it wasn't going to print last night.

But for not tall stuff alexa is fine:

dragonbadges_938x768.jpg

[curious aardvark]

Well I'm still not sure if there is an issue with alexa or not.
If there is it seems to be proportional to the layer height.

ie: if \i print at a lower layer height, there is no discernible slant - and none on small items anyway.
The larger the layer height the greater the potential for slant - but again not on small items.

Oh yeah and I've got extrusion issues on the flashforge now. So have to dismantle the extruder tonight.
Stuff feeds and loads, but almost nothing comes out on a print.
No rest for the wicked.

I have booked my tickets to mallorca for this years international slinging event - so need to print a bunch of flexible sling pouches. Also want to make a printable template for my leather sling pouches.
It's all fun :-)

[curious aardvark]

Just knocked out a 100mm statue of ganesha at 0.24 layer height (try to keep it in multiples of 8, the stepper motors prefer it apparently).
Bang on - zero signs of any issue.
I mean none - got a hindu mate who's just bought a new house so thought I'd make him a ganesh :-)
It's as clean and smooth and shiny as any print you'd see.

Meanwhile I can find nothing wrong with the flashforge's extruder. If I feed from the control panel it extrudes a straight piece of filament with no problems. So the nozzle hasn't got an issue.
But when i go to print, it just grinds to a halt about halfway through the first layer.

Am I in the twilight zone ?

Right going to try a ganesh in wood now.
You can never have too many elephant headed god statues :-)

[mjf55]

So Alexa seems to be ok at 0.24, but when does it start the slant? What if you just use the multiples of 8 at a thicker layer, say 0.48, is that an issue. This is a strange one.

On your flashforge, could the heater be weak? i.e. what would happen if you feed say 100 mm of filament. Will it work ok? Seems to me you can overrun the heating ability if the feed is too fast for too long.