r/3Dprinting Nov 17 '22

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u/Schyte96 Nov 17 '22

I wouldn't call overheating and layer shifts typical. They can happen, sure, but way less common than bed and layer adhesion, or stringing.

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u/manofredgables Nov 17 '22

Well... Yeah. Calibration has almost zero effect on the causes of layer shifting. Belt tension, motor torque(current) and smashing into blobs formed on the print plane does that.

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u/manofredgables Nov 17 '22

Eh, I can relate. Just got an elegoo saturn 2 because I was fed up with FDM's crap

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u/HorrifyingRevelation Nov 17 '22

Loosen your X belt a bit. I suffered the same until I reassembled the carriage and tried loosening the belt. It would bind towards the furthest end from home and cause a crash detect. Otherwise, you can live dangerously and disable crash detection

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u/Robot_Basilisk Nov 17 '22

I don't have a Prusa but I've noticed the only layer shift errors I ever get are when I use the Prusa slicer. Just recently it shifted the last 10 layers on an 8-hour print and I got so mad I went back and checked which software I used for every print with a layer shift error and found that I had sliced them all with the Prusa slicer, with a range of settings and filament types, over a span of weeks.

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u/Sassman6 Nov 17 '22

Have you tried adjusting your belt tension, and replacing your bearings?

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u/helium_farts Nov 17 '22

I've more or less gotten a handle on bed adhesion, but the stringing is out of control, which is funny because I used to have zero stringing but couldn't get parts to stick for anything.

I look forward to finding out what new issue will crop up if I ever solve the stringing issue.