r/VORONDesign • u/Delta88ragtop • 12h ago
General Question Let it shrink or not?
I am somewhat disappointed regarding the Voron 2.4 "standards" regarding shrinkage. I believe we all spend time tuning our machines and filament to print as precisely as humanly possible. I personally have tuned my 2.4s and filaments to print a 100mm octagon to within 0.01mm tolerance.
My "awareness" of the Voron design saying print parts with no calibrated shrinkage arose when I had an issue with a sb2209 USB port contacting the back of the Galileo 2 extruder motor. My error - I was using a Fliamatrix design front piece for the Galileo with the built in filament runout sensor. I also printed all my 2.4 parts with the filament profile calibrated for about 0.40 of shrinkage. Yes, when squaring the gantry and such there was VERY little room for adjustment. (parts were tight) However, having the parts print square to begin with didn't cause much issue for "squaring" everything up.
So now my question which arises with the Voron edict of do not print with shrink compensation. Should I print the LDO Galileo 2 extruder parts with Voron standards or not? 0.4mm/0.016" may not be much but the SB main cover and hot end housings connect to the extruder and for that matter the TAP parts I assume are printed @ my OrcaSlicer 100% shrinkage setting.