by Keith Park | Mar 23, 2024 | 3D Printing
Many people are happy with the results they get from their machines, but sometimes things are a little off. An articulated dragon that won’t articulate, castle walls with layer gaps, press fit objects that don’t fit. These are usually extrusion issues...
by Keith Park | Jan 29, 2023 | 3D Printing
Many of the calibration tasks and information you want to obtain can be completed and displayed using PrintRun (refered to after this as Pronterface). There are versions for different OSs. I have found it is a great troubleshooting tool and I reference it when I...
by Keith Park | Jan 29, 2023 | 3D Printing
Many calibration tasks require the ability to view a terminal response when you send the printer gcode such as M503 to obtain your settings. Most 3D printers do not come stock with this ability, so you will likely need to connect your 3D printer to a computer. For...
by Keith Park | Jan 29, 2023 | 3D Printing
Bed leveling is without a doubt the first real challenge most users will face. It can affect everything from print quality to bed adhesion, and your first layer can tell you a lot about what will happen latter in the print. The ideas as a whole is to get the nozzle so...
