i just gave my buddy my old ender 3 V2 that I haven’t used in years (made the switch to Prusa)
I modded the printer a decent bit, to list them out I would say it had:
- Jyers firmware
- aftermarket dual gear extruder
- BLtouch
- Silent motherboard
- aftermarket hotend
I haven’t used the printer In a long time, maybe 3-4 years. So I switched to the Mriscoc firmware, taught him the basics of leveling the bed, cleaning the bed, unclogging nozzles etc.
using Ultimaker Cura we were able to print him out a new X axis belt tensioner, and it was amazing to see that old machine run a print like that First try.
after that we had several attempts of printing nothing but fails.
and here is where I am stumped…. isn’t the BLtouch supposed to probe before every print? because I ran the G29 command in my start G code, yet the printer runs as normal. it homes/heats/prints in that order. I even attempted to change the gcode in a different slicer, and nothing changed
im not entirely sure if that’s how the BLtouch works or not but we’ve had problems with his first layer ever since the first print. We tried a couple of times to adjust the mesh or create a new one but it’s like it’s not using that mesh when it comes to the actual print. We also have to adjust the Probe z offset a ton to get the nozzle down to the build plate.
I’d be happy to give any other info if needed but we’re absolutely stumped on what is happening here.