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TimB
 TimB
(@timb)
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First layer waves/curling - second layer extruder clicking

I have been printing for about two years but consider myself still a newbie. I just got a new Prusa Mini and recently my first layers look like little waves. some curl up enough that you can hear the nozzle drag across. I adjusted the live Adjust to about -1.205 and still I get those waves. I increased it but then the extruder starts clicking.

I mainly just print PLA.

My second issue is the extruder clicking on the second layer or various ones above. Not every layer, seems hit or miss. The roll of filament turns freely and is not tangled.

Posted : 03/09/2020 4:46 pm
Neophyl
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RE: First layer waves/curling - second layer extruder clicking

Waves means you are too close to the surface so the nozzle is pushing material at the sides. So you need to make the z less negative, so your -1.205 needs to go down, probably to just below -1.200 , but you fine adjust a bit at a time.  By making it lower you are introducing back pressure into the hot end which stops filament exiting and gives you an extruder click. 

Posted : 03/09/2020 7:03 pm
TimB
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Topic starter answered:
RE: First layer waves/curling - second layer extruder clicking

This post was modified 4 years ago by TimB
Posted : 05/09/2020 1:52 am
TimB
 TimB
(@timb)
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Topic starter answered:
RE: First layer waves/curling - second layer extruder clicking

This is after making adjustments to the live adjust. The pinda probe or the hotend was hitting the ripples causing the magnetic plate to shift.

Posted : 05/09/2020 1:56 am
Nick
 Nick
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RE: First layer waves/curling - second layer extruder clicking
Before PLA did you print in petg?
This post was modified 4 years ago by Nick
Posted : 06/09/2020 10:01 am
TimB
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Topic starter answered:
RE: First layer waves/curling - second layer extruder clicking
Posted by: @kevin1234567
Before PLA did you print in petg?

No PETg, all PLA so far

Posted : 06/09/2020 3:25 pm
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