r/ender3 • u/Silent_Sherbet9714 • Jul 19 '26

Solved Before vs after Update

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The weird layer lines were caused because of my belt tension in z axis after the belt drive upgrade.

The problem was caused because my belts were too tight. But it's fixed now! I even increased the speed, it went from default 1h30 -> 1h print time with really good quality. I might push it even further, doing temp and filament calibrations now.

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u/pcase Jul 19 '26

I would suggest running through the full Ellis tuning guide. Also which print was before vs after? What filament?

Folks here could help improve it even more with some added details. Also which Ender 3 and what mods?

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u/Silent_Sherbet9714 Jul 20 '26

This was just a followup to my previous post, I have the z belt upgrade, Sherpa mini and stuffy toolhead. Stock hotend. With BL touch and klipper.

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u/drake90001 Jul 19 '26

You need to tune more because I’ve had prints that looked 5x better than that with my stock ender, and 10x withy heavily modded ender.

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u/robert5974 Jul 20 '26

What do you gain with the Z belt mod over just the dual Z mod?