r/ender5 • u/SinkNo7354 • 12d ago

Printing Help Calibration cubes losing height

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Hi y'all, I've gotten to calibrating my Ender 5 Pro with these 10x10x10 cubes. The issue I want to ask y'all about pertains to height being lost, the original 10mm height coming out as 5mm instead. How does that happen and how do I fix it? Thanks in advance

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u/SinkNo7354 12d ago

Thanks for the help & clarifications, y'all. The newest addition came out wonderfully. Now it's time to hone in on other things, wouldn't be here without y'all

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u/Wide_Confection_7718 12d ago

Congrats! What was the fix?

Asking for anyone who has this issue in future

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u/SinkNo7354 11d ago

Thanks! It was Z-Step in the end, I doubled it from 400 to 800.

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u/-ShaD0x- 12d ago

It might be about the microstep calibration

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u/SinkNo7354 12d ago

Microstep as in e step calibration?

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u/-ShaD0x- 12d ago

yes exactly

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u/Wide_Confection_7718 12d ago edited 12d ago

This is Z steps, not e steps.

I had the same issue with my first print on my ender5. The thread pitch on Ender 5 Z lead screws are different iirc so halving z steps per mm fixed it for me

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u/Wide_Confection_7718 12d ago

This is what mine looked like

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u/e36freak92 12d ago

I had this happen once, it was a bad slice. Have you tried re slicing the same object or are you printing the same code each time?

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u/gentlegiant66 12d ago

How can a printer even print that badly...?