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12-02-2015, 03:57 AM #1
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Undesired filament retraction at beginning of a print
Hi there
A lot of times I extrude some material for testing and adjusting in front of an actual print.
Since a while I have to shut the printer off again before I start the print. If not most of the time the extruder retracts a lot of filament after zeroing the z axis.
That happens with ocotprint and simplify3d.
Printer: Makerfarm Prusa i3v 12"
Controller: Rumba
Firmware: BeckDacks
Any ideas?
BR
ManuelLast edited by pgx3s; 12-02-2015 at 04:43 AM.
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12-02-2015, 07:43 AM #2
You're seeing this retraction when starting to print a gcode file, right?
Do you see the undesired retraction when you zero the x-axis from the LCD panel?
It's likely the printer is doing just what it is told to do by the commands in the gcode file. Take a look at what you have in Simplify3D for the Starting GCODE script. If you need help understanding the commands, copy and paste them here or post a copy of your complete gcode file, changing the extension to .txt so 3DPrintBoard accepts it.
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12-02-2015, 07:54 AM #3
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Hi printbus.
I'll check that.
The funny thing is that it just doing that, when I extruded manually (in the software) before.
When I restart the printer and reconnect before a print, every thing is allright.
Usually it is retracting so much material that the filament ops out on the top ...
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12-02-2015, 12:22 PM #4
Yeah, that's a lot of retraction.
It could also be that there are issues with relative vs. absolute positioning as far as the extruder movements. Here's what I have in my Simplify3D v2.2.1 starting gcode script:
Code:; Simplify3D will already have printer at temperature by this point M107 ;start with print cooling fan off G91 ; relative positioning G1 Z10 F120 ; raise up before homing to clear clips and prepare for wiping away priming G28 X0 Y0 ; home X and Y G1 E8 F180 ; extrude 8mm at 3mm/sec to prime G1 E-2.5 F900 ;retract 2.5mm at 15mm/sec G92 E0 ; reset extruded length G28 Z0 ; home Z G90 ; absolute positioning M82 ; extruder to absolute mode M117 Printing...
Last edited by printbus; 12-02-2015 at 12:30 PM. Reason: grammar
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12-04-2015, 01:16 AM #5
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Thx, I'll try to check that this weekend.
BR
Manuel
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12-19-2015, 08:11 AM #6
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Thx mate.
Ur start code helped to solve the prob.
BR
Manuel
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